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We’ve seen a lot of phishing scams in the recent few weeks and it seems like this avalanche of attacks is not even close to its end. The NSW Fraud Squad officers
today warned the Sydney residents that a phone phishing scam attempts to lure them into disclosing private information such as financial details and bank accounts. An automated phone call received by lots of residents asks them to press a certain phone button in order to talk with an official of the District Court. If they follow the advice, consumers are then talking with someone claiming to be Colin Dyson from the Fraud Squad who asks for all sort of private details including bank accounts.

According to the NSW police dept., the victims of the scam are being told that they are the targets of identity thefts so they must move their money to other accounts in order to be sure that the said attacker doesn’t manage to get them.
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