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Police in the American state of Utah recently rescued a missing Chinese teenager from a freezing mountain top.
美国犹他州警方最近从冰冷的山顶上救出了一名失踪的中国少年。
Scam
诈骗
Police say the 17-year-old exchange student and his family were victims of an online kidnapping scam.
警方表示,这名17岁的交换生和他的家人是网络绑架骗局的受害者。
Falsely act as officials, Chinese criminals will tell a student to leave their housing.
中国的犯罪分子冒充官员让学生离开他们的住所。
Then, they demand money from the student's family in China for their safe "return".
然后,他们向学生在中国的家人索要钱财,让他们安全“回国”。
A scam is a series of actions to cheat or trick people for personal gain.
scam是指为个人利益而欺骗他人的一系列行为。
The words "con" and "racket" can be used in the same way.
“con”和“racket”这两个词可以表示同样的意思。