{"id":1014,"date":"2019-04-06T19:33:30","date_gmt":"2019-04-06T19:33:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/?p=1014"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T17:00:00","slug":"Beware-of-Scam-'Medicare-Rebate'-Text-Messages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/?p=1014","title":{"rendered":"Beware of Scam &#8216;Medicare Rebate&#8217; Text Messages"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Australian residents have been receiving fraudulent text messages claiming that they are owed a Medicare rebate.<\/p>\n<p>The messages prompt you to follow a link to get the supposed rebate.<\/p>\n<p>However, the messages were not sent by Medicare and the claim that you are owed a rebate is a lie designed to trick you into clicking the link. Instead, the messages are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/phishing-scams-anti-phishing-information\/\">phishing scam<\/a> \u00a0designed to steal your personal information. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\"\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\n     data-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-0355887770822260\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"9162856233\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p> The link opens a fake website that has been built to emulate the Medicare section of the Australian Government Department of Human Services website. Once on the bogus site, you will be taken through a series of online forms that ask you to supply a large amount of your personal and financial information.<\/p>\n<p>The Department of Human Services has posted a warning about the scam on its Facebook Page:<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FHumanServicesAU%2Fposts%2F1677290379044026&amp;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"671\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>If you receive one of these scam text messages, do not follow any links that it contains and do not reply. Just delete it.<\/p>\n<h2>A screenshot of one of the scam messages:<\/h2>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/medicare-rebates-scam-281118-1.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"23136\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/beware-of-scam-medicare-rebate-text-messages\/medicare-rebates-scam-281118-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/medicare-rebates-scam-281118-1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"600,696\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"medicare-rebates-scam-281118-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/medicare-rebates-scam-281118-1-259x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/medicare-rebates-scam-281118-1.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-23136\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/medicare-rebates-scam-281118-1.jpg\" alt=\"Medicare Scam Text Message\" width=\"600\" height=\"696\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/medicare-rebates-scam-281118-1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/medicare-rebates-scam-281118-1-259x300.jpg 259w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/medicare-rebates-scam-281118-1-500x580.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/medicare-rebates-scam-281118-1-585x679.jpg 585w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/h2>\n<h2>A screenshot of one of the fake forms:<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/medicare-rebates-scam-281118-3.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"23138\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/beware-of-scam-medicare-rebate-text-messages\/medicare-rebates-scam-281118-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/medicare-rebates-scam-281118-3.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,889\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"medicare-rebates-scam-281118-3\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/medicare-rebates-scam-281118-3-270x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/medicare-rebates-scam-281118-3.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-23138\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/medicare-rebates-scam-281118-3.jpg\" alt=\"Fake Medicare Rebate Form\" width=\"800\" height=\"889\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/medicare-rebates-scam-281118-3.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/medicare-rebates-scam-281118-3-270x300.jpg 270w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/medicare-rebates-scam-281118-3-768x853.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/medicare-rebates-scam-281118-3-500x556.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/medicare-rebates-scam-281118-3-585x650.jpg 585w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/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     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rebate. The messages prompt you to follow a link to get the supposed rebate. However, the messages were not sent by Medicare and the claim that you are owed a rebate is a lie designed to trick you into clicking [&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-1014","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hoax-inggris"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1014"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1014"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1014\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6890"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1014"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1014"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1014"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}