- MaryOctober 11, 2018Scam callAustralia
Caller: Scam pretending to be ATO
Twice in two days - threatening my arrest. Knew instantly it was a hoax and hung up - AnneOctober 17, 2018UnknownAustralia
Caller: Unknown
Male voice purporting to be from ATO and that I had income tax violoation reported via an informant program, and if I did not respond by pressing '1' to contact someone from the ATO I would be penalised and/or arrested, d*ckhead doesn't realise I'm a retiree and now longer submit anything to the ATO, just like the box head who says he's contacting me regarding an accident I've had, don't look up their stats too well, haven't had an accident in 50 years, there must be some poor saps who get caught though, wish we could stop these calls :( - AjayApril 22, 2016ScamAustralia
Received call from (02) 6216 1111 . Person told he's from tax office then mentioned he's calling from police station and then when he realized that things not going his way, he dropped the call. Donot entertain any call from this number. - TammyOctober 17, 2018UnknownAustralia
Number rang, hung up when i answered, searched number and found your comments - AnonymousOctober 29, 2018Scam callHong Kong
Caller: ATO
Does anyone know what the police are doing about this particular scam...
This is at the extreme level of fraud/conn.
The call I got was fairly well done, and I'm guessing people will start falling for it if not already.
To find them the AFP need to run a worm through darknet to access the main incoming exchange servers into the country and trace the phone number back to it's alteration coding within the server before it's encrypted as it goes overseas. Also it may possibly be routing through an international VPN, but that can also be stopped at the phone number alteration coding software. Many countries are able to stop scammers from altering numbers by locating the VOIP software causing the illegal changes within the phone exchange/internet nodes themselves, including Norway, Canada and China. Once found the number can be stopped, and trace software can attempt to track back through the VPN servers they are using, all the way back to the person in Nigeria. lol
Time to get on top of the scams Australia :-) - AnonymousOctober 26, 2018UnknownAustralia
Received a call today from this number. I don't answer unknown numbers so i checked online and found this thread. - AnonymousOctober 16, 2018Scam callAustralia
Caller: Scammer from ACT posing as ATO & leaving a computer generated VM
(02) 6216 1111
Has been reported to the ATO - AnonymousNovember 20, 2018Scam callAustralia
Caller: Scam ATO Robo message
Also ATO scam call.
Also previously got similar SMS.
Has anyone pressed 1 to continue? What happens then?
Does this site send notifications to authorities? I hope so. - AnonymousNovember 14, 2018UnknownAustralia
Just received calls from this number twice today - have blocked this number now - JaneenNovember 12, 2018UnknownAustralia
Received call from (02) 6216 1111 yesterday and today. Didn't answer either call as suspected spam. Checked number on reverse call and notice all these other listings! Know it has featured on TV, but sure some poor people do get caught up in the awful threats apparently made. - DPNovember 7, 2018UnknownAustralia
Caller: Voicemail purporting to be from ATO. Number shows as ATO number
Received a call same as described. It is the ATO's number. I suppose it's to annoy the ATO as people keep calling them to see if it's genuine. How to they manage to route a number through a genuine ATO number if it's not genuine? - DougoOctober 31, 2018Scam callAustralia
Caller: (02) 6216 1111
When no-one answered after I said hello, I knew this number was being picked up elsewhere due to the delay ... I hung up, and when I got home, looked it up on reverse phone numbers ... I thought it was a scammer and looking at the responses, I guess I was right ! - AnonymousSeptember 8, 2020RobocallAustralia
Same as the other comments. Number now blocked. - AnonymousJanuary 8, 2019UnknownAustralia
Scam!!! Confirmed with ATO that it is a scam as ATO does not have records of contacting me.
Another number these scammers have been calling with:
(02) 6216 3444 (which is also a real ATO number)
These scammers are getting smarter - AnonymousJanuary 8, 2019UnknownAustralia
fake tax office call - LanaNovember 14, 2018Scam callAustralia
Caller: (02) 6216 1111
Same as the rest. Received a call from this number. It came up as ACT on my phone. I didn't answer it and no message was left. I Googled the number and discovered this page. Thank you for this thread. Do not accept calls from this number! - AnonymousNovember 14, 2018UnknownAustralia
This is coming from a hacker syndicate located in southbank grand in Melbourne, which is run by MICM property/ Central Equity. My phone started getting hacked when I moved into the MICM property and I have been the victim of scams like this ever since. - AnonymousNovember 2, 2018Scam callUnited States
Caller: Scam pretending to be ATO - DevoNovember 2, 2018UnknownAustralia
Caller: ATO
Got a call from this number today and can’t believe I’m seeing stuff from April , thought the feds would be onto it by now - MengMarch 9, 2016UnknownAustralia
This is a SCAM. Purports to be from the ATO
They have another number (08) 7100 1374
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Caroline on 0424 854 999
scammer who wanted to tell me that my internet connection had been compromised. Very fuzzy line... -
Anonymous on 0411 280 956
Apparently I just bought a Mac Book Pro 13 inch. Scammers don’t interact with them. -
Anonymous on 0488 815 425
Not one of my contacts, didnt leave a message, suspect a scam and blocked number -
sam on 0434 113 511
Scam tried to tell me my internet was about to be disconnected. -
Anonymous on 0499 101 085
Obviously a scam call - telling me my bank account was going to be debited with $399. I hung up...
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