Weiters scammed

[DJC]

Djc that's not the point.  You can call them 7 times in 7 days the point is if you called to fact check a hacker you would get a different experience and this is the appropriate action when you need to verify if you are being hacked.

That's incorrect Thry.  The ATO doesn't have a scammer hotline and neither do the banks.  You can forward dodgy emails or SMSs and you get an automated response. 

My original post was about an SMS the ATO sent me.  It was legitimate but the only way I could have checked was to wait in a queue or use their online communication app.

Weitering's bank advises customers that they will contact you in the event of suspicious activity.  That didn't happen and the scam was sophisticated enough to convince a pretty savvy bloke that it was genuine.  It was also timed to coincide with the end of business hours making it even harder to check.