There are many different types of scams – online, phone, mail and face-to-face. Online scams, such as email ‘phishing’ scams are on the rise and are designed to trick you into giving away your money, passwords and/or personal details (such as your tax file number - TFN).
From time to time, we will send you emails or SMS promoting new services or alerting you to due dates, for example tax time is approaching or that your business activity statement is due. However, we will never send you an email requesting you to confirm, update or disclose confidential details like your name, date of birth, address, passwords, credit card details etc. If we need to know this information, we will mail you a letter to your postal address.
This page is constantly updated with examples of the latest Tax Office related scams as we become aware of them. Please check back regularly to stay informed or sign up to the Online Services RSS or email subscription for automated updates.
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