WARNING: Scammers are posing as police and asking people to hand over their personal information. 9News
posing as police in South Australia, asking for people to hand over their personal information.Australian Tax Office"The caller claims to be a police officer and tells their victim that there has been an identity theft and the Australian Taxation Office will be calling them within a few minutes," police said in a statement today.South Australia Police have issued a warning about scammers pretending to be police and officials from the ATO.
"The scammer then calls the victim claiming to be working for the ATO and requests their personal details." Police say the scammers are using technology to make it look like the calls originate from a police station by manipulating the caller identification.
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