Welcome to my school.
Stevie's Scam School.
Yeah, great.
Hello. My name is Stevie, the reformed scam artist,
and I'm here to teach you how to avoid being scammed.
On with today's lesson.
This lesson is named the ‘government agency scam’. Here’s how it works.
The Scammer mocks up this real professional letter, looking like it comes from some government office.
They’d send this to small businesses such as yours stating that you can apply for a tax refund
if you enter your bank details online.
Bang! Once you’ve entered your information, I could scam you out of all sorts of stuff!
Not good form, I know. But hey – I’m helping you out now!
For instance, most Australian government websites end with .gov.au
Also, call your bank straight away if you may have provided your details to these crafty tikes,
and warn the government agency that this scam is using their name.
Remember, keep one eye open, and the other one on the,
um, actually, keep ‘em both open.
Stevie’s Scam School. Yeah! Nice!