ATO warning on refund email scam

By Staff Writers on Jan 7, 2009 1:59PM

The Australian Taxation Office has warned Australians to immediately delete a scam email that claims to offer a tax refund but asks for their credit card details.

The scam is said to be similar to previous ones and uses the Tax Office logo and the words ‘Notification - Please read’ or ‘Australian Taxation Office - Please Read This’ in the subject heading.There may also be more variations to these subject headings, the ATO said.The email asks people to ...

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