Australian Taxation Office (ATO) Refund Scam Mail


This is a scam simply because I am not an Australian. This message may not be from whom it claims to be. Beware of following any links in it or of providing the sender with any personal information.

And that includes the attachments.

2010/2/10 refund@ato.gov.au <refund@ato.gov.au>
Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
Australian Department of the Treasury

Dear Taxpayer,

After the last annual calculations of your fiscal activity we have
determined that you are eligible to receive a tax refund of $650.90.

Please submit the tax refund request and allow us 6-9 days in order
to process it.

A refund can be delayed for a variety of reasons.
For example submitting invalid records or applying after the deadline.

To access your tax refund, use the form attached to this email.


Regards,
Internal Revenue Service




Comments (3)

willis
Said this on 8-18-2010 At 11:47 pm

The email address is misleading. Lucky if you know it earlier. Scams always have way to trick people. It just depends on us to sense it. London hotels

Ran
Said this on 2-15-2010 At 05:30 am

This MUST be a scam!! The document doesn't provide my name and I can bet the the promised refund for everybody is the same, $650.90.

Even though I visited Australia, and I love this country, I earned no one single penny there. So, how come I deseve a refund?!

PSW
Said this on 3-9-2011 At 03:23 pm

I'm jealous, they only want to give me 120.65.  

Seeing as now I've never visited or worked for anyone in Australia I wasn't tempted for a second to follow the link.  Why do otherwise smart people fall for these obvious scams?

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