2008/7/27 bill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Just received a communication from the Aust Tax Office - apparently "hand > delivered" ie not by Aust Post - addressed to my 85 year old mother and > advising her that she can submit her 2007-08 tax return using the e-tax > software on the enclosed CDRom. > > I think that the communication and CDRom will be returned to the Tax Dept , > at thier expense, with a nice little note attached. > > Anyone else received such a "package"?
Sounds like a classic target for a Social Engineering identity theft exercise (e.g. http://www.darkreading.com/document.asp?doc_id=95556&WT.svl=column1_1) How can you trust the content of the package? Would you go ahead and type in all your personal data into a piece of software delivered to you without your request and without a way to verify its authenticity? In case I sound paranoid - just a few days ago we received a warning from Aust Post (via regular mail, addressed to us) that some conman are doing phone calls and even home visits pretending to call from AusPost annual survey and asking for private details (bank accounts, names, dates) and walking into homes looking around. --Amos -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
