Caller: “Rita”

Heavy Indian accent, apparently an insurance claim was settled and I was getting money, but she didn’t know my name. Spent a few mins convincing her there was a special place in hell for her and she hung up in tears

Caller: 8003 4188

What is happening to this great country of ours, when these scams are just allowed to continue. Perhaps it’s time to bring all our telecommunications back on our own shores and have Australians work and run them, and not be offshore and run by those that want to scam us and steal from us.

I received a call from a female stating they had received a notification that I had been involved in a car accident within the last 2 years and was wanting more information from me. When I told her to provide the details of the claim she couldn’t provide any. I hung up on her after telling her I knew it was a scam.

Caller: claims management

Rang to say they're ringing me because I've been involved in a vehicle accident in the last 2 years, when I said no I hadn't, she said oh ok, and hung up.

WARNING: There is a man with a heavy accent phoning flood affected areas, claiming to be collecting for flood relief. The number he is using to make these calls is (02) 8003 7513. He will tell you mumbo-jumbo about how you will get heaps of money in return. Please warn your elderly friends and family and anyone else you know NOT to give any details to these scammers

3 hours ago

Hi ,

i have just received call today by danney , they offered 7000 and Ato has selected me because of my good record.  and insisting me to inform them my first name , i refused and told if ATO selected me then they could send me letter and i would respond and kept asking their employee number and they did hang up.  after searching google, i found this site.
what's going on and who giving them this information.

I got a call from a guy called John williams claimed to be from ATO and the same story. I am new to australia and dont know whom to complain...

I got this call today from a man who i could hardly understand. i did not call the number.

I received a call from a guy claiming to be Daniel Watson from the ATO Sydney office - this is at 4.30pm WA time when the ATO in Sydney is very shut! I tried to get as much information about the scam because it was obviously ridiculous. He said the Australian govt was going to pay $5,000 to people who were deemed to be good citizens with no criminal record etc. He tried to get me to confirm my name and I said I wasn't going to tell him my name. He suggested my name and I confirmed that what he told me was what he had got from the phonebook. He told me that I had to call the number (02) 8003 7513 and quote my code S420. I told him that this was ludicruous and it would be been reported in the media if there was such an initiative. He said that only certain people were being selected so they were trying to keep it quiet. I told him this is a democratic country and it doesn't work like that and I would now be following this up. He was quiet after this so I hung up.

I have contacted the Office of Consumer and Business Affairs But think i will need to report it to the local police aswell. Couple of days later i recieved one for Solar Pannels & they had some information which is a bit scary, but it was an overseas number. I just hung up to that 1

I received a call from a guy who said his name was John Williams, he had a heavy Indian accent but he claimed to be calling from ATO claiming my name was drawn to receive $ 5000 from the Australian government.  I asked why I would receive the money and he said - because I'm a good citizen with no criminal records and some similar b/s like that and apparently Julia Gillard has decided to give out some money for that purpose!  He said I just need to ring (02) 8003 7513 - the ATO office supposedly and give my name and they would then give me all the details.  I said - why don't you give me all the details and he said wait and he'll get his senior office manager to talk to me.  Another guy claimed his name was Olsen Jordan and he basically said the same.  They said I should quote an application number A something (three digit number).  I knew it was scam but was intrigued to find out what happens when you ring that number and who it belongs to.  Tried to ring but no one answered.  Tried to Google it and I found this page.  So they've been ringing you guys too.  Would be good to find out who the number belongs to and report it to the police for investigation?  I don't know who deals with such cases of phone scammers...