Thirty-five suspected Taiwanese phone scammers have been stopped by Australian Border Force officers and prevented from coming into the country through Brisbane Airport.

It started with four travellers from a Taipei flight being stopped on Saturday and examined, which led ABF officials to spot another five suspect passengers from the same flight.

Mobile phones and cash sit on the immigration official's desk as they question a suspected Taiwanese phone scammer. Credit:Australian Border Force

Images from the airport show cash and mobile phones being uncovered during searches, which the ABF said indicated the group was travelling to Australia to participate in 'boiler room' scams.

"Boiler room scams often involve foreign nationals, brought to Australia on student or tourist visas, who are forced to live and work in substandard conditions and carry out phone scams," the ABF statement read.