Mar 16 2009
Don’t Get Scammed out of your Payout!
There is a scam happening trying to cheat Australian’s out of the $900 or $950/person payout from the Federal Government. The scammer calls you and pretends to be from the Tax Office and asks you for details such as your birthdate, tax number, bank account number. If someone contacts you asking for these details HANG UP immediately! The ATO has all the details that it needs from you! They will not call you! If you need to change your details - contact them using the details on the ato website and inform them but do not ever give out personal information to someone pretending to be from the ATO, your bank or any othe trusted institution.
This is an elaborate con which even gives you a fake 1800 number to call if you are concerned. The scammers want your details sothat they can then change your details and pocket your stimulus payout! Don’t be a fool and fall for this one! If you get a suspicious phone call hang up immediately - if they try again contact the police - or at least tell the caller that you are going to - that should stop them! With around 10 million Australian’s likely to get a payout from the government in the next couple of months you can see why someone wants a cut of the action - just make sure its not you. You will get your payout of $950 or $900 if you are eligible - but tax payers will not be paid out until April, while those receiving Family and other benefits from Centrelink will be paid out this month
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It is very true that you should not be giving out information over the phone to someone you don’t know, especially if they have called you. We need to be careful and protect our information.
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Thanks for visting carfor - yes people are quite naive - it was pretty predicable that this was going to happen given the amount of cash involved. My partner had to call the ATO and change his details and they required date of birth, his tax number and the amount of last year’s return tax figure - I thought that was pretty good security - and that was him calling them!