Scammers raise threat of arrest for tax evasion

Glen Humphries
Updated August 16 2018 - 11:42am, first published 11:30am
Bogus call: A scammer claiming to be from the Australian Tax Office and claiming the recipient is about to be arrested for tax evasion has surfaced in the Illawarra.
Bogus call: A scammer claiming to be from the Australian Tax Office and claiming the recipient is about to be arrested for tax evasion has surfaced in the Illawarra.

A scam that threatens recipients with a lawsuit for tax evasion has hit the Illawarra.

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Glen Humphries

Glen Humphries

Senior journalist

I'm an award-winning senior journalist with the Illawarra Mercury and have well over two decades' worth of experience in newspapers. I cover the three local councils in the Illawarra for the Mercury, state and federal politics, as well as writing for the TV guide. If I'm not writing, I'm reading.

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