{"id":21566,"date":"2012-06-13T19:50:20","date_gmt":"2012-06-13T09:50:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/power-up.space\/?p=21566"},"modified":"2012-06-13T19:50:20","modified_gmt":"2012-06-13T09:50:20","slug":"internet-crime-and-taxes-are-two-of-lifes-certainties-avg-aunz-helps-you-avoid-one-of-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/?p=21566","title":{"rendered":"Internet Crime and Taxes Are Two of Life\u2019s Certainties \u2013 AVG (AU\/NZ) Helps You Avoid One of Them"},"content":{"rendered":"

AVG (AU\/NZ) reminds consumers and small businesses to be alert to the latest online scams and phishing attacks targeting this tax return season.<\/em><\/p>\n

MELBOURNE, 13 June 2012<\/strong> \u2014 Ahead of this year\u2019s tax return season, AVG (AU\/NZ) Pty Ltd, distributor of AVG Technologies\u2019 award-winning AVG Internet and mobile security software in Australia, New Zealand and South Pacific, alerts consumers and small businesses to the latest attempts by cyber criminals to gain access to lucrative identity and financial information.<\/p>\n

With upwards of 2.5 million individuals using the Australian Tax Office\u2019s e-Tax electronic tax return service, cyber criminals have a huge, potentially receptive audience for their activities.<\/p>\n

Security Advisor at AVG (AU\/NZ), Michael McKinnon, said: \u201cInternet crime and taxes are now two of life\u2019s certainties. Cyber criminals are starting to release this year\u2019s crop of end of financial year scams to trick taxpayers into revealing highly valuable personal and financial information. As younger members of the community join the workforce and others shift from paper-based to online tax return processes, there is always a new audience for inventive tax season scams.\u201d<\/p>\n

There\u2019s a certain inevitability about June 30: it will bring new ways to scam the unwary and new phishing frauds asking for your credit card details including:<\/p>\n