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Australian Tax Office warns of sophisticated scammers

Woman talking on the phone

Source: Dave Thompson/PA Wire

The Australian Tax Office wants people to be on alert for scammers using sophisticated methods to extract money from their victims. The ATO says fraudsters engaging in phone scams are using software to produce a seemingly legitimate phone number to disguise their true identity.



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