Scams like these

[AustraliaPoochie]

No, just classic Phishing scam emails throwing a wide net in the hope of catching a fool or three.

I mean, who has ever paid any medical practitioner via HotDoc?….

I did.
Was desperate for time off, when my ankle had a big issue.
Seeing the comments, tho, and the emails I got, where I hovered over thr sender, we ho knows what did occur.
Cut and paste is so easy now.
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At the moment, they are picking on me for cloud/cloud support, and for NRMA free dash csm.

 

[VPS]

I love the email address

 

[AustraliaPoochie]

Seems too that a lot of the Indonesian education facs website students are now using it to send out scam/spam emails, or the websites with *.edu.id have been usurped.

 

[Gladstone Tim]

My wife got the QF “your QFF points are expiring tomorrow” text. It included the link to the rewards suggestions. And postage was reasonable! Just as well the bank has their robust process in place and no loss incurred.

 

[AustraliaPoochie]

Did she reply to the sms/email?
And did she provide her card#?

 

[Gladstone Tim]

Did she reply to the sms/email?
And did she provide her card#?

I replied
I provided her digital card details….this got changed instantaneously whilst on the phone to the bank's fraud department and her physical card cancelled and a new one is in the mail.

 

[AustraliaPoochie]

Lesson learnt.

 

[ksthommo]

Nice Try

 

[AustraliaPoochie]

So some student has successfully cut and pasted the full ww works.

 

[Forg]

Got an email allegedly from ex-owner of the company I work for, long-story-short asking for my bank-account details for a bonus transferred from OS. Also not to tell anyone else in the company because only a few are eligible.
Which … does anything sound fishier?
Sent details of an account which is empty, obtained bonus, felt a tad silly for being so suspicious!

 

[ayebee]

yippee ! I won a new laptop !!
Hang on, I am not an optus customer ....

 

[VPS]

yippee ! I won a new laptop !!
Hang on, I am not an optus customer ....

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Ditto

 

[AuSammy]

I don’t know who UK Admiral are, but I am not “a loyal customer” and I am not going to “click here” to receive a reward even if you do email me 9 times in two days.

 

[AustraliaPoochie]

Got an email allegedly from ex-owner of the company I work for, long-story-short asking for my bank-account details for a bonus transferred from OS. Also not to tell anyone else in the company because only a few are eligible.
Which … does anything sound fishier?
Sent details of an account which is empty, obtained bonus, felt a tad silly for being so suspicious!

They actualky paid $$$???/!!!
Could still be money mule activity tho.
Dont spend it... yet.
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For AuSsmmy
They are supposedly high up the scam(mery) pole.
The most Rev Doctor...

 

[Mr_Tee]

Got an email allegedly from ex-owner of the company I work for, long-story-short asking for my bank-account details for a bonus transferred from OS. Also not to tell anyone else in the company because only a few are eligible.
Which … does anything sound fishier?
Sent details of an account which is empty, obtained bonus, felt a tad silly for being so suspicious!

Hmmmmm....interesting........

Is there any way that you can directly contact the ex-owner of the company and verify with them about the validity of this? Don't use the email address that was sent to you.

I'll assume that you are Australian based and subject to Australian tax law. Based on this assumption, were you provided with any other paperwork with the payment - like a pay slip or a statement that indicates that tax has been withheld from the payment, or any other documentation that you will need to use when it comes to completing and lodging your next tax return. A bonus is typically taxable income to you. If none of this was provided I would see it as a significant red flag.

You could be getting caught up in a money mule/money laundering scam and that will have serious ramifications for you.

If you receive any subsequent mysterious emails from your ex-boss/ex-owner be cautious, especially if it relates to more money transfers either in or out of your account.

 

[Forg]

Hmmmmm....interesting........

Is there any way that you can directly contact the ex-owner of the company and verify with them about the validity of this? Don't use the email address that was sent to you.

I'll assume that you are Australian based and subject to Australian tax law. Based on this assumption, were you provided with any other paperwork with the payment - like a pay slip or a statement that indicates that tax has been withheld from the payment, or any other documentation that you will need to use when it comes to completing and lodging your next tax return. A bonus is typically taxable income to you. If none of this was provided I would see it as a significant red flag.

You could be getting caught up in a money mule/money laundering scam and that will have serious ramifications for you.

If you receive any subsequent mysterious emails from your ex-boss/ex-owner be cautious, especially if it relates to more money transfers either in or out of your account.

Still-boss, just ex-owner.

I'm assuming I need to include this in my Jul25/Jun26 tax-return form ... if it retains it's appearance of legitness 'til then.

 

[Mr_Tee]

Still-boss, just ex-owner.

I'm assuming I need to include this in my Jul25/Jun26 tax-return form ... if it retains it's appearance of legitness 'til then.

Ah Ok. I misunderstood your original post - I thought the "ex-owner" was also the "ex-boss". My mistake. Makes it perhaps a bit less suspicious in nature.

Yes you will need to include this in your tax return as at 30 June 2026. It would be good for you to know if the amount that you received has already had tax deducted from it before it was paid to you, or not. Otherwise you might end up paying tax on it twice. - and then it's the ATO scamming you

 

[AustraliaPoochie]

Still-boss, just ex-owner.

I'm assuming I need to include this in my Jul25/Jun26 tax-return form ... if it retains it's appearance of legitness 'til then.

If its all legit, there is a specific part of the form, dont be a nut and put it as "employment income", tho.
Explain to your accountant.
If its a money mule situation, you will be up for contact from the last tracking banking provider, or scarier still, the "AFP" you will be arrested and will be taken to the court!
But still it does sound like the "Af**can legal adviser"... its just too close to a scam.
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We all know the AFP ones, or the ATO ones, (emails/sms/phone calls).
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Hope its truly legit tho.
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