People are urged to be aware of a new scam involving fake ATO texts as the country approaches the end of the financial year. 9News
The official website is www.linkt.com.au."If you get random text from Linkt DO NOT CLICK!! It's a faarking SCAM The site looks incredibly legit! Just spoke to the bank and they said heaps of people been sucked in," she said.Linkt is warning about the scam on its website and said it's trying to block the numbers sending it."Our Cyber Security Operations team is working with telecommunications providers to identify and block phone numbers sending these texts," it said.
A bank spokesperson told 9News.com.au while they did not comment on individual accounts for privacy reasons, Up - a Melbourne-based digital neobank - was aware of "a number of SMS based scams seeking to solicit funds and referencing various Australian bank accounts, including Up accounts". "We regularly assess our security levels against industry standards to ensure the integrity of our security operations and processes. This is particularly true as scamming has become a growing issue for the Australian banking industry as a whole.
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