ATO scam that Australians need to know about trends now
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Australians have been warned to be on high alert for a devious scam where criminals are impersonating Australian Tax Office (ATO) workers.
The federal government has sounded the alarm that fraudsters are pretending to be tax office agents on Facebook, Twitter and other social media platforms to gain access to people's information.
The fraud begins when scammers sneak into the comments sections of the tax office's Facebook page.
Using faked ATO profiles they then directly contact the taxpayers who have complained or asked questions, offering to resolve their issues.
Having won their trust, the criminals ask taxpayers to click on a link which asks for personal information.
Australians have been warned to be on high alert for a devious scam in which criminals are impersonating the Australian Tax Office
The ATO posted a video to its Facebook page explaining one important difference between its posts and messages from scammers on fake ATO profiles - the dodgy ones are mising a verification tick
The ATO posted a video to its Facebook page explaining one important difference between its posts and messages
