New scamming methods targeting taxpayers has the fraudsters initiating a three-way telephone conversation between the scammer, the victim, and another scammer impersonating the victim’s tax agent. During July and August the ATO received over 7000 scam reports, with close to $190,000 being paid to scammers and over 1600 people handed over their personal or financial information.
https://www.manningrivertimes.com.au/story/5628060/new-telephone-scam-targets-taxpayers/?cs=1467
