Description: [Video begins. Red curtain appears and the words ‘Is this a Scam?’ appear on the screen]
Male voiceover is heard: “Welcome to ‘Is this is Scam?’ the game show that tests your scam knowledge.”
Description: [The writing disappears and the curtain is lifted revealing an animated 60s style game show set. There is a female host on the left and animated screen on the right which displays: ‘Brought to you by Consumer Affairs Victoria’]
Female voiceover (Sally Awkins): “I’m your host Sally Awkins and tonight I’m going to help you meet your happily ever after…or am I?”
Female voiceover: “You’ve been emailing Alex for a few weeks after meeting on a dating website.”
Description: [We zoom in to the screen where an old fashioned laptop displays a new message has been received. The message says: ‘You have 1 new message from The14U. Open Message!’ There are moving love hearts on the screen. The mouse hovers over and clicks on ‘Open Message!’]
Female voiceover: “Alex is now madly in love, and wants to meet you in person.”
Description: [The screen displays the message from ‘Alex 666’ which reads: ‘Im in LUV with u!!!’ and then says ‘Let’s meet up!!!’]
Female voiceover: “Sadly, Alex just became unemployed and can’t afford the flights.”
Description: [The screen displays the message from ‘Alex 666’ which reads: ‘Also Im broke…’]
Description: [Close up of Sally’s face.]
Female voiceover: “What a catch!”
Description: [We zoom back to the screen which has another message from ‘Alex 666’ and it reads: ‘Can I plz have $2000?’]
Female voiceover: “You have been asked to send Alex $2,000 so you can still meet each other. What do you do?”
Description: [Email disappears and the screen display is green]
Female voiceover: “Do you: a) send Alex the money”
Description: [The screen displays ‘a) send Alex the money’]
Female voiceover: “b) refuse to send the money, or”
Description: [Screen also displays ‘b) refuse to send the money’]
Female voiceover: “c) offer to travel to see Alex instead.”
Description: [Screen also displays ‘c) offer to travel.’ The screen displays all three options.]
Female voiceover: “You have three seconds to decide.”
Female voiceover: “The answer is…b!”
Description: [Options a) and c) are removed from the screen, and option b) remains on the screen]
Female voiceover: “Refuse to send the money.”
Description: [The screen shows the message from ‘Alex 666’ and it reads: ‘Can I plz have $2000?’]
Female voiceover: “This is your typical romance scam.”
Description: [The words ‘It’s a scam’ are stamped onto the screen.]
Female voiceover: “Although the scammer takes time to establish trust, there’s usually a sob story in the end, asking for money.”
Description: [We see a road scenery with an old-fashioned ambulance pull up. The words ‘my sister has just gone to hospital, please help’ are displayed.
Description: [Screen displays a glass with ice-cubes. A credit card is dipped into the glass. The words ‘My bank account has been frozen!’ are written on the screen.]
Female voiceover: “Watch out for early declarations of love and people who make excuses to avoid meeting you in person.”
Description: [Two hands coming together in the shape of a love heart, which then breaks apart to signify a broken heart.]
Female voiceover: “And don’t send money to someone you haven’t met in real life.”
Description: [Screen displays $100 notes in an envelope, with a red cross over it.]
Female voiceover: “Thanks for tuning in, and remember: stay alert, because scams hurt!”
Description: [Zoom out to the full set with the host on the left. Host waves goodbye. Red curtain falls in front of the set]
Male voiceover is heard: “Today’s quiz is brought to you by Consumer Affairs Victoria.”
Description: [Gold podium appears in front of the red curtain, and the Consumer Affairs Victoria logo hovers above it]
Male voiceover is heard: “Today’s quiz is brought to you by Consumer Affairs Victoria. Head over to consumer.vic.gov.au/scams to claim your prize, which is…not being scammed.
Description: [The logo disappears and a frame displaying the website ‘consumer.vic.gov.au/scams’ appears. The website disappears and the words ‘Congratulations on not being scammed!’ appears]
Description: [Screen fades to black, music stops playing]
Description: [A black screen appears with the words ‘Authorised by the Victorian Government, 1 Treasury Place, Melbourne. Spoken by D. Stoppa and J. Ashton. Video ends]