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Scammers Impersonating Tax Agents

Scammers Impersonating Tax Agents

  • Tuesday, 02 October 2018 23:21

The ATO (Australian Taxation Office) has issued a warning about a new scammer method targeting taxpayers. The new method had the fraudsters coercing the victim into revealing their tax agent's name, initiating a three-way telephone conversation between the scammer, the victim, and another scammer impersonating the victim’s tax agent or someone from the tax agent's practice.

The ATO will not:

  • use aggressive or rude behaviour, or threaten you with immediate arrest, jail or deportation;
  • request payment of a debt via iTunes, pre-paid visa cards, cryptocurrency (for example bitcoin ATM) or direct credit to a bank account with a BSB that isn’t either 092-009 or 093-003;
  • request a fee in order to release a refund owed to you; or
  • email or SMS you asking you to click on a link to provide login, personal or financial information, or to download a file or open an attachment.

If you have any concerns the ATO’s dedicated scams line is 1800 008 540.

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