People must aware of phone scams to avoid identification theft

​Sometimes ATO also will call for  a person for important things, but they should be wary of fake calls by comparing with ATO information. Fake call may tell the person that they are eligible for tax refund and nowadays these scams are increasing, scams are mainly using addresses and names which are some correlation with real ATO buildings and officers. ATO advises to every tax payers should be very alert while they are  receiving this kind of phone calls. For example, taxpayers may receive a call and they may say that they are ATO officers calling to discuss about a scheme for the reduction of tax for retirement. The person will say that they will send someone to discuss about tax payers assets, occupation or whether taxpayers have an accountant or financial planner because they may already find taxpayers address. While providing these details tax payers must be contacted with ATO to avoid these scams.