IRD Phishing Scam - don't get caught out!
Over the past two weeks Inland Revenue has received reports of a telephone phishing scam from several hundred customers around New Zealand.
The scam calls have been made to landlines and mobile phones, with messages being left on voicemail if the calls haven't been answered.
The callers state that they are from the Inland Revenue Department and the following scenarios have been reported, that the customer:
Customers have reported the callers as having "foreign sounding" accents, with many different accents reported.
Sometimes the caller is female. The callers are very confident and convincing, and it is reported that some customers have been taken in and paid significant sums of money to the scammers.
Some customers have called the number referred to above and reported the background as sounding like a Contact Centre environment with multiple accents. These customers have also reported the callers as becoming angry and aggressive when challenged.
Inland Revenue staff would not leave messages like these. If you receive a suspicious email, SMS scam message or a fraudulent call, please email phishing@ird.govt.nz
Please help us to stop them by:
- Not responding, or hanging up on those phone numbers (see table below)
- Contacting your phone provider (for example 2degrees, Spark, Vodafone etc.)
and asking them to block the callers
- Continuing to report phone numbers (if not noted below) to phishing@ird.govt.nz
Current malicious phone numbers
04 830 0495
04 830 2441
04 830 2448
04 830 2447
04 830 2451
04 830 2452
04 830 3418
04 830 3450
04 830 3454
04 830 3455
04 830 3495
09 887 2904
09 887 3903
09 887 3904
09 887 4061
09 887 4303
09 887 4904
09 887 8523
09 887 9304
09 974 9629
09 974 9581
09 974 9628
06 824 1124
09 950 8821
09 950 8826
09 950 8850
09 950 8824
Over the past two weeks Inland Revenue has received reports of a telephone phishing scam from several hundred customers around New Zealand.
The scam calls have been made to landlines and mobile phones, with messages being left on voicemail if the calls haven't been answered.
The callers state that they are from the Inland Revenue Department and the following scenarios have been reported, that the customer:
- is wanted for historic tax evasion or tax avoidance
- has a red flag on their file
- is in debt
Customers have reported the callers as having "foreign sounding" accents, with many different accents reported.
Sometimes the caller is female. The callers are very confident and convincing, and it is reported that some customers have been taken in and paid significant sums of money to the scammers.
Some customers have called the number referred to above and reported the background as sounding like a Contact Centre environment with multiple accents. These customers have also reported the callers as becoming angry and aggressive when challenged.
Inland Revenue staff would not leave messages like these. If you receive a suspicious email, SMS scam message or a fraudulent call, please email phishing@ird.govt.nz
Please help us to stop them by:
- Not responding, or hanging up on those phone numbers (see table below)
- Contacting your phone provider (for example 2degrees, Spark, Vodafone etc.)
and asking them to block the callers
- Continuing to report phone numbers (if not noted below) to phishing@ird.govt.nz
Current malicious phone numbers
04 830 0495
04 830 2441
04 830 2448
04 830 2447
04 830 2451
04 830 2452
04 830 3418
04 830 3450
04 830 3454
04 830 3455
04 830 3495
09 887 2904
09 887 3903
09 887 3904
09 887 4061
09 887 4303
09 887 4904
09 887 8523
09 887 9304
09 974 9629
09 974 9581
09 974 9628
06 824 1124
09 950 8821
09 950 8826
09 950 8850
09 950 8824
