"In early May, the Government was forced to suspend withdrawals for two days after the Australian Tax Office revealed criminals had infiltrated the system using stolen identity records. Authorities are now investigating whether the attackers tapped into the scheme by setting up fake myGov accounts in their victims' names, then lodging fraudulent early release super applications worth up to $10,000 each. In Ms Bassett's case, the fraudsters appear to have set up duplicate myGov accounts in her name and her husband's name, and then used stolen identity information to access their ATO portals."
-- Edited by dorian on Monday 1st of June 2020 06:52:59 AM
KFT said
10:13 AM Jun 1, 2020
It certainly pays to be very careful who you give details to these days.
I wonder about the latest ad on TV from "clearscore.com"" and how much detail you need to enter to get a "credit report"" is it really a credit report or just a way to gather personal details??
Check your super balance. Australians scammed out of thousands via the coronavirus early release scheme
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-06-01/scammers-stealing-thousands-through-coronavirus-super-scheme/12301010
Scammers set up fake myGov accounts
"In early May, the Government was forced to suspend withdrawals for two days after the Australian Tax Office revealed criminals had infiltrated the system using stolen identity records. Authorities are now investigating whether the attackers tapped into the scheme by setting up fake myGov accounts in their victims' names, then lodging fraudulent early release super applications worth up to $10,000 each. In Ms Bassett's case, the fraudsters appear to have set up duplicate myGov accounts in her name and her husband's name, and then used stolen identity information to access their ATO portals."
-- Edited by dorian on Monday 1st of June 2020 06:52:59 AM
I wonder about the latest ad on TV from "clearscore.com"" and how much detail you need to enter to get a "credit report"" is it really a credit report or just a way to gather personal details??
be aware always
Frank