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Originally Posted by BMKal

I'm pretty confident that if I make it into my 80's, I'll still know whether I have a debt to the taxation department - and I would certainly not be forking over $110K on the basis of a telephone call from some unknown elephant jockey. ;)

My mother is in this age group now, and I'm more than confident that she is also unlikely to be taken in by a scam like this.

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I would have said that up to the week that my parents got scammed.

My father, as I said a businessman and builder/farmer all his life.
My mother tertiary educated in organic chemistry.

I hope you're correct about yours.

Alas, that's so true.. Sad, but it does happen.
- Which is why some controls, like Power of Attorney given to a trusted/worthy child is not always a bad idea...

I've got a very real looking one today by email from 'Apple' wanting me to verify my Apple id. What a shame, I trashed it.
Don.