{"id":968,"date":"2019-04-06T19:33:29","date_gmt":"2019-04-06T19:33:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/?p=968"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T17:00:00","slug":"Australian-Phone-Scammers-Threaten-Arrest-For-Tax-Evasion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/?p=968","title":{"rendered":"Australian Phone Scammers Threaten Arrest For Tax Evasion"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Outline:<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nAustralians are receiving automated phone messages purporting to be from the tax office that claim \u00a0they will be arrested for tax evasion and tax avoidance if they do not call a specified &#8216;hotline&#8217; number. <\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- HS Net Top Content Responsive --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-0355887770822260\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"4870821038\"\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Brief Analysis:<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nThe calls are not from the ATO. Instead, they are scams designed to trick people into sending money and personal information to criminals. If you call back on the number left by the scammers, you will be told that you must \u00a0immediately send money via a wire service such as Western Union  \u00a0to cover a supposed \u00a0tax debt and avoid arrest. The \u00a0scammers may also ask you to provide a large amount of your personal and financial information, which they may later use \u00a0to steal your identity.<\/p>\n<div class=\"example\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Example:<\/b><\/span><br \/>\n<em>Transcript of one of the phone scam message:<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"example\">This is an automated message from taxation office. This is to notify you that your account has been marked delinquent due to tax evasion and tax avoidance. All letters sent to your registered address have been returned unsigned and undelivered and this has resulted in intervention against your file. A warrant has now been issued for your arrest at your registered address. Because your case has now been sent for execution you need to call our hotline number or get your lawyer to get in touch with us on (phone number excluded) to avoid the legal course of action.<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- HSNet Article Center --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-0355887770822260\" data-ad-slot=\"5727909035\" data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Detailed Analysis:<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nA few days back, I received a voice mail message from a person who claimed he was from the tax office. The man claimed that my tax account had been marked delinquent &#8216;due to tax evasion and tax avoidance&#8217;. Supposedly, the \u00a0tax office had repeatedly tried to contact me at my registered address with no result. Thus, claimed the message, the tax office \u00a0had no option other than to issue a warrant for my arrest.  \u00a0But, apparently, I could still avoid this unfortunate outcome by calling back on a specified &#8216;hotline number&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, the message was certainly not left \u00a0by anybody at the ATO. Nor was I about to be arrested and taken \u00a0away in disgrace to face tax avoidance and evasion charges. In fact, the message was the work of a grubby little scammer intent on stealing my money and personal information.<\/p>\n<p>Many other \u00a0people have reported receiving similar automated messages. The automated message ruse appears to \u00a0be an attempt to  \u00a0filter recipients and hone in on potential victims.  \u00a0Of course, many &#8211; if not most &#8211; recipients of the message will immediately recognise the call as a scam and just ignore it. But a few naive or vulnerable people will likely be panicked by the message and call back as directed. Thus, the criminals can concentrate on scamming these vulnerable few without wasting their time \u00a0on \u00a0the majority of more savvy recipients.<\/p>\n<p>So what happens if you DO call back?<\/p>\n<p>The scammers on the \u00a0other end of the line will be belligerent and intimidating and threaten dire and immediate consequences if you do not comply with their demands. In most cases, you will be told to hang up the phone and go to your nearest post office or Western Union outlet and wire a specified amount of money according to the sending instructions they provide. They will tell you that the money is going straight to the ATO, but it will, of course, be going directly to them. They will tell you that sending the payment is the only way to avoid arrest. They may also demand that you provide a large amount of your personal and financial information, \u00a0ostensibly so that they can finalise your &#8216;case&#8217; and dismiss the charges against you after \u00a0you have \u00a0paid up. They may later use this information to steal your identity.<\/p>\n<p>In some variations, the scammers may ask you to pay \u00a0directly over the phone via a credit card or ask you to send your money via various alternative methods.<\/p>\n<p>There are also <a title=\"'Outstanding Warrant' Phone Scams\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.com\/outstanding-warrant-phone-scams.shtml\">many other variations<\/a> of these phone scams, all of which involve giving your money and personal information to criminals. And, <a title=\"Phone Scammers Pretending to be from IRS\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.com\/irs-phone-scams-gaining-victims.shtml\">very similar scams<\/a> occur all around the world, not just in Australia. Don&#8217;t get caught out by these scammers. Make sure you know how these scammers operate so that you can be forewarned should you receive such a call. And, take the time to ensure that potentially vulnerable \u00a0relatives \u00a0and friends are aware of such \u00a0scams.<\/p>\n<p>\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- Third Content Ad Responsive --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-0355887770822260\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"1909104632\"\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- HS Net Bottom AdLinks --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-0355887770822260\" data-ad-slot=\"1358951439\" data-ad-format=\"link\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><\/br><\/br> Original Source : <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/australian-phone-scammers-threaten-arrest-for-tax-evasion\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/australian-phone-scammers-threaten-arrest-for-tax-evasion\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Outline: Australians are receiving automated phone messages purporting to be from the tax office that claim \u00a0they will be arrested for tax evasion and tax avoidance if they do not call a specified &#8216;hotline&#8217; number. Brief Analysis: The calls are not from the ATO. Instead, they are scams designed to trick people into sending money [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6890,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-968","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hoax-inggris"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/968"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=968"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/968\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6890"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=968"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=968"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=968"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}