Just got a call from an indian sounding man who then asked me to call this number (02) 6100 4364. The lady told me all the same crap as i have heard above, while on hold I checked it out online, scammers!

Received a call today 5 October 2011 by an Indian sounding man telling me the same as above. I had to ring the following number (02) 6100 4079 and quote A786 claiming my $7000 grant. He would then ring back in a few minutes to confirm that I had received the money. I told him not to bother ringing back as I wasn't going to phone the ATO to confirm. He hung up!! I wasn't surprised to see the various websites exposing this scam!

It seems that all the comments put here by Indians. The scamsters in New Delhi have got hands on database on Indians in Aust and they are dialling them only. I am indian too please warn all non indian Ozzies about this scam and talk rubbish with these fella's and play their own game. Indian cyber cops must be notified by australian embassy in New Delhi immidiately.

I received a call today from the same bastards, they presented themselves as 'Peter' and 'Daniel Watson'. Alarm bells went off in my head because no Indian has a name like that but I decided to play along with their little game and I said my name was Angelina Jolie. When the Indian on the other line heard, she was like 'Give me a few seconds while I check if you are eligible for the $7000 grant' and then she came to the phone 2 seconds later and said 'Yes, dear, you have won a once in a lifetime $7000 grant, it is a one off payment, you are a very lucky'. Obviously, by this time, I was having trouble keeping it together, the hilarity of the situation was getting to me but I kept on and I feigned surprise and said I'd prefer to give my six digit social security number to the manager of the "Bandigo" Bank (that's how she pronounced it, lol) and acted as though I'd never heard of UNICEF. She proceeded to give me a little bit of an explanation about UNICEF but by this time my rage got the better of em and I went off on a rant about how much of a motherf*cker she was and I called her a scamming Indian bitch a few times. My advice is, don't get angry, get even. Play with their little Indian minds.

Had a similar call 12 April 2011 apparently ATO wanted to give me $1000 because I had paid taxes and had no criminal record.  Had to call (03) 9017 1801 and quote a reference number to get the cash.  Very hard to understand Indian accent.  You would have to be very gullible to fall for that scam - glad to hear it has been reported.

I just recived the same call  from someone supposedly from the ATO Melbourne offering me $7,000 for free.As my dad used to say, Nothing is free in this world!  So as soon as "John" (his made up name) started  to tell me that I can get $7000 from the ATO, in his indian accent I knew it was a scam!  So I replied that if its free, please put the chq in the post to me at the address on the ATO records. He then proceeded to tell me that I need to talk to his supervisor and started giving me the Melbourne ATO telephone number. As he was saying the number, I was typing it into google whilst he was on the line and up popped this website.So I definitly knew it was a scam, so continued to play along with him and I think he got the impression that I had been sucked in and would call his supervisor! What a loser! Dont get taken in by these con artists!

Hello all

I got the same call - what a foolish people- these people should be put behind bars. we all should report it to the police and stop innocent people being trapped.

I got the same call todaywhy they can not trace the number as this number from melbourne

its a scam..
i received a call on 16/4/11 about some $7000 govt grant and was told to ring back on (03) 9017 1801,when i called i straight forward understood its a fu***** scam and the lady i was talkin to was asian and was tryng to get my details.guys donot get fooled by this this is load of crap.

I got the similar call, I am surprised that we are getting this mess every day and reporting to the police but no one is actually taking action against them.