Attention Everyone .. Phone Scam Alert

I know, I know – it’s been a long time between posts and there’s really a lot to catch up on!  I’m planning an update post in the next few weeks that will be filled with all the lovely baby news (definitely not me!) and other things happening in the IQ office.

For now, I really just wanted to remind everyone about how the ATO will contact you if they every need to.  The ATO have your contact details on file and will generally contact you via written correspondence directly to yourself or through our office before telephoning you regarding any matter. 

There have been many scams over the years. However, there’s a phone scam that’s gaining quite a bit of momentum at the moment, where the scammers are impersonating ATO employees and demanding payment for an unexpected debt or offering an unexpected refund.  These phone scammers are known to get quite aggressive and have been telling people that there is a warrant out for their arrest. Even strangely enough, these scammers are or offering to send a taxi to people’s homes, to take them to the post office, to make payment for these so called ‘debts’. 

PLEASE NOTE TO SELF: The ATO do not and will not email, call or SMS ever asking for credit card or bank details to make payments or issue refunds.

If you or someone you know does receive a call from an ATO officer and aren’t sure if this is genuine, take the details of the person you have spoken to as well as a reference number for the call, then hang up and ring 13 28 69, which is the correct ATO switchboard line – open 8am to 5pm Monday to Friday.

 

Phone Scam Alert | ATO | Note To Self …