ATO warns about email scam
The Australian Tax Office has issued a warning to email users about the latest scam doing the rounds, claiming the Tax Office owes recipients a tax refund.
A number of scam emails have been circulating in recent months, most notably from the Commonwealth Bank and the St George Bank.
The latest scam appears to have been sent by the Australian Tax Office which claims:
“After the last annual calculations of your fiscal activity we have determined that you are eligible to receive a tax refund of $234.80.
“Please submit the tax refund request and allow us 3 days in order to process it.”
It then includes a link recipients must click on to claim the money. The fake ATO page then asks for credit card details.
The tax commissioner, Michael D’Ascenzo, is urging anyone who receives this email, or ones of a similar nature, to delete it.
“The Tax Office never sends emails asking people to provide personal information including credit card details… people should always be wary of unsolicited emails claiming to be from the Tax Office.”
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Thanks for this article. I remember getting this scam email.