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Scam Dot and they are everywhere. We had offers a couple of weeks ago for samsung 65inch Tv's for $200US and demands for payment from Fedex and others, which we have never used. Even had one from our local council demanding money for over due rates that the council knew nothing about.

They mainly come through our band email, which is known in the rural hospitality industry and can be annoying to have to sift through and check them out.

Dot I think the same as most that its a scam. When I owed the ATO some coin that I didn't know about they sent me a nasty letter from themselves.

There are usually "tell tales" like "you owe 357.87 AUD". Duh!!

Well 2 hrs on the ph to the tax dept . They sent a letter to us via the tax people we used in 2002 then another in 2003/4/5/6/7/8/9/10/11/12/13/14/15/16 and not one of those got to us or were sent back to the ATO by the tax people that did our tax. NO letters to us even though they had our info. Apparently the money they want is late charges for interest earned way back when. The man G spoke to said he couldn't access files going back further than 2006 -2007 so now G has to write to the ATO lodging returns for the last 3 years and also lodge a form saying that no tax return was required.. Terry they said there is NO cut off time period when it comes to ATO. So after all this crap that a simple ph call back in 2003 could have been all sorted out. Aarhhhhh

Seems this and previous governments have sent us so broke, we owe over $500 Billion, so they are hell bent on trying to get as much money from the people as possible, no matter what. But they are quite content to spend as much as they like on themselves and their vested interests. They are going after everyone, even if you don't owe them anything and are hoping most will accept it without question, like good slaves.

After G looked through the many many years of paperwork he has decided to take the lot down to see some tax accountant people tomorrow.

My accountant that I used up until a few years ago told me that if there was ever any queries, it was on him.
By using him I put the onus on him & paid for that!
I'd be contacting whoever did your tax for that year as I'm sure it was them that received that letter. (& did nought!)

Good thinking Bruce shall pass that onto Mr G.

Yep Bruce, that sounds very much like why we still pay a nice man to do our taxes. Good luck tracking that all down Dot. xxx

Dot. ignore it totally.
Do not respond, reply or answer ANY of their questions.
Give NO information over the phone even if they give you a contact phone number to check their credentials.

That is not the way the ATO operate.

It's a scam. don't get caught in it.