article Helping the vulnerable avoid scams in Newsfeed

article Helping the vulnerable avoid scams in Newsfeed https://community.ato.gov.au/t5/Newsfeed/Helping-the-vulnerable-avoid-scams/ba-p/33835 <P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-left" style="width: 999px;"><img src="https://qarve56223.i.lithium.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/193i522CFEFDAAA06E55/image-size/large?v=1.0&px=999" alt="DE-15490_ATO-Com_easy-read_newsfeed.png" title="DE-15490_ATO-Com_easy-read_newsfeed.png" /></span></P> <P> </P> <P>Scams are designed to trick you into paying money or giving out your personal information. ATO-related scams are unfortunately very common.</P> <P>One scam we often see is where you receive a call with an automated recording stating that there is a lawsuit against you or that you owe us a large sum of money.</P> <P>People with poor literacy or who speak English as a second language are most vulnerable to these scams. To try and help we have provided scams advice in an <A href="https://www.ato.gov.au/general/is-it-a-scam-/?utm_source=ato-community&utm_medium=newsfeed&utm_campaign=easy-read-scams" target="_self" rel="noreferrer">easy to read format</A>.</P> <P>You can print the advice and share it with people who don’t have access to the internet. You can also email a PDF version to people you think might be targeted. The PDF is available at the bottom of the page.</P> <P>We have more detailed scams information at <A href="https://www.ato.gov.au/General/Online-services/Identity-security/Verify-or-report-a-scam/?utm_source=ato-community&utm_medium=newsfeed&utm_campaign=easy-read-scams" target="_self" rel="noreferrer">ato.gov.au/scams </A></P> <P>The tactics that scammers use will always keep changing. They will try new methods to contact people and request payment.</P> <P>We regularly provide <A href="https://www.ato.gov.au/General/Online-services/Identity-security/Scam-alerts/?utm_source=ato-community&utm_medium=newsfeed&utm_campaign=easy-read-scams" target="_self" rel="noreferrer">alerts</A> showing the latest examples of scams we are aware of. You can receive our scam alerts by <A href="https://www.ato.gov.au/Subscription.aspx?utm_source=ato-community&utm_medium=newsfeed&utm_campaign=easy-read-scams" target="_self" rel="noreferrer">subscribing</A> to the General updates.</P> Tue, 11 Feb 2020 06:46:25 GMT ATOCommunity 2020-02-11T06:46:25Z Helping the vulnerable avoid scams https://community.ato.gov.au/t5/Newsfeed/Helping-the-vulnerable-avoid-scams/ba-p/33835 <P>We now provide scams advice in an easy to read format.</P> Tue, 11 Feb 2020 06:46:25 GMT https://community.ato.gov.au/t5/Newsfeed/Helping-the-vulnerable-avoid-scams/ba-p/33835 ATOCommunity 2020-02-11T06:46:25Z