Weiters scammed

[Thryleon]

It depends on what you want to discuss with someone like the ATO.
If it’s a BAS/ABN/tech type enquiry you can usually talk to someone.
Try calling to reschedule a BAS payment… you can’t because it’s a totally automated system.
Try picking up the phone and even finding a number to call about immigration visas, good luck on that, let alone being answered.

Thats a different discussion, and you are deflecting now.  Moral of my story is that you can call up and verify information and not get too many delays which was the entire point. 

As mentioned earlier, the banks red flags should have gone up given the types and frequency of the transactions, Weiters forked up but the bank failed him and others EVERY DAY.

The banks are there to put some security and structure around money management. 

Should they do more is a seperate discussion, but IMHO they don't have to.  This isn't on them really.  They held the money and executed a transaction they were asked to by their customer. 

This mentality of people need to be protected from themselves is my biggest issue with this.  Why didn't someone stop me from transferring money out of my own account, to someone else?  How is a bank to know that a person is not just conducting regular business, moving institutions, and ever proactively contacted someone from one of these entities?  Its not fun.