Hi All. I got an email today supposedly from the ATO asking me to verify my financial statements then providing a pretty legitimate looking log in page. Does anyone know if this is a scam or not?? Cheers
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The "pretty legitimate looking log in page" is a dead giveaway to me - it has to be a scam, @Monstarr63 .
The ATO will NEVER include links in emails or SMSs.
Here's a related post I literally just wrote to another member. I referred to the same page @YEP included, and I note that it includes the following words: "We won't send you an SMS or email with a link or QR code to log on to online services."
https://community.ato.gov.au/s/question/a0JRF000003mGVN2A2/p00394690
(Sorry to differ, YEP.)
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No one here is going to be able to tell you. Phone the ATO on their Scam Alert telephone number.
https://www.ato.gov.au/online-services/scams-cyber-safety-and-identity-protection/scam-alerts
Thankyou…I will do that on Monday 😊
The "pretty legitimate looking log in page" is a dead giveaway to me - it has to be a scam, @Monstarr63 .
The ATO will NEVER include links in emails or SMSs.
Here's a related post I literally just wrote to another member. I referred to the same page @YEP included, and I note that it includes the following words: "We won't send you an SMS or email with a link or QR code to log on to online services."
https://community.ato.gov.au/s/question/a0JRF000003mGVN2A2/p00394690
(Sorry to differ, YEP.)
Its not an issue, we are all here to assit and anything that helps a taxpayer is always good ... and I don't always get it right anyways
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