Scammers have set up a clone of the myGov website to trick you into sharing your login and bank account details.
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The scam starts with a phishing email that looks like it is from Medicare, asking you to update your Electronic Funds Transfer details, so you can start receiving payments for Medicare benefits and claims.
If you click on the link in the email you are taken a replica of the real myGov website.
You’ll note the URL includes ‘.net’ instead of ‘.gov.au’, an indication the website is not legitimate domain name.
Derek Barry
Editor of the North West Star Mount Isa since January 2016. Prior to that, an editor at several regional southern Queensland newspapers. Passionate about telling local stories. Comes with a strange accent to due an Irish accident of birth.
Editor of the North West Star Mount Isa since January 2016. Prior to that, an editor at several regional southern Queensland newspapers. Passionate about telling local stories. Comes with a strange accent to due an Irish accident of birth.
