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… number of SMS scams reported increase significantly. In 2009, SCAMwatch issued alerts about emerging SMS scams involving claims of huge lottery windfalls or fake prizes . More recently, scammers used SMS to … Check out SCAMwatch for more information about how to protect yourself , including a more in-depth look at SMS competition and trivia scams . If you would like to stop receiving telemarketing calls to your mobile or landline phone, sign up to the Do Not Call Register .…
…. To see other variations of this phishing scams, visit the ATO website . These emails go to great … Example 1: Fake email Example 2: After clicking onto the link provided in the email, the fake website appears Refer to the ATO’s website and the Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy’s Stay Smart Online website to see other recent examples of phishing scams. … For more information on this scam or collecting a tax return, visit the ATO website . Explore SCAMwatch to find out more about these types of scams (often called phishing scams ) and learn how you can protect yourself against scammers, or to report a scam.…
…News Recently, Medicare and Centrelink have received reports of scammers posing as employees asking recipients for their personal information. Phishing scams are nothing new. Scammers have posed as bank employees and government staff members to trick victims into giving their personal details for identity … For more information about this scam, refer to the media alert released by Medicare and Centrelink.[link no longer available] Explore SCAMwatch to find out more information about phishing scams .…
… both Victoria and Queensland, warning similar scams may surface in the other states and territories … For more information about how you can protect yourself, check out the Requests for your account information (‘phishing’ scams) page on SCAMwatch. The Department of Veterans’ Affairs has also issued a media release about the scam. [Link no longer available]…
… to be from well-known and respected organisations that are actually scams, and advises that you … For more information about how you can protect yourself, check out the Requests for your account information (‘phishing’ scams) page on SCAMwatch. Telstra has also issued a media release with more details of the BigPond email hoax.…
… Communications and Media Authority have issued a joint media release on phone scams .…
…For more information on this scam, visit the Commonwealth Grants Commission. Explore SCAMwatch to find out more about phishing and advance fee fraud scams , and learn how you can protect yourself against scammers .…