A couple of days ago I had one from the "Australian Tax Office" advising of a refund from my 2014 tax statement and a nice "click here" box to initiate the transfer
I haven't filed a tax return for five years - I no longer need to.
Actually my ISP spam filter had trapped this one and held it at the server. A routine mailbox spam check revealed this specimen and a few others of clearly dubious origin.
It's worth checking this facility (spam filter) if you ISP has one. Just occasionally there can be a false positive which means a genuine and valid email can be withheld. However 95% of the time it's very effective in stopping the undesirables.
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