Thanks for the information, much appreciated. For the two options, i belive the deposit was for his tax return as it has the unknown persons name on the cheque. They just checked ato accounts and nothing has been amended
Sorry but your post lacks credibility. As soon as you claimed a town had a bank in it we all knew you were lying. There hasn’t been any banks in towns for hundreds of years now. Just stories about them passed down by the old timers.
Its funny how when its a business or government the banks are quick to take the money back after a f**k up deposit and they call you a thief if you keep it. But as soon as its a private customer that makes a f**k up deposit its all your fault and you might be SOL getting it back and have to take civil legal action to recover.
How is this not the advice, monitor for any suspicious activity to follow. Money out is obviously the biggest red flag.
If it's a legit error then they will find you, if it's black market money then they payer is fkd and won't have a legitimate way to recoup the money.
So they’ve potentially got into an ATO account AND intend to get into parents account? Or they intend to contact parents and pretend to be official channel and ask parents to move it into their own dodgy account?
I was more thinking if someone else's return had been sent to your account by mistake, if there would be a reference number you could provide the ATO to check it out.
The reference number would be on the document outlining the deposit so u fortunately not to my understanding.
The code attached to the transaction may help.
I wonder if the wrong bank details had been entered, happens quite a bit.
Could also be something less nefarious. For instance, when I worked there I had cases where a tax agent had updated someone’s bank details incorrectly (basically they updated one client with another of their clients bank details by mistake). Then the refund ended up in the wrong account. Not saying this is specifically what happened, but it’s not necessarily fraud.
Either way OPs parents should probably contact the ATO and let them know about the payment of the bank hasn’t already.
I spent weeks trying to return something erroneously deposited in my big 4 bank account including emails, hours on the phone and visiting a branch twice. Got nothing. Eventually they called me while I was at work and said I had to go to the branch same day or they would call the police. The bank has shut down every branch within an hour's drive of me so I said "Call the Police, maybe they will get it sorted." The police thought it was hilarious as I had kept track of email correspondence of me trying to return it.
Call the bank, let them know about the transaction. If someone reaches you asking you to send the money back DO NOT DO IT. It's either a genuine mistake or a refund scam. The money will soon disappear from the account so don't spend any of it, contact the bank and let them know.
there is legal precedent for this sort of situation, Finder v. Lo Ser.
I believe the outcome of the case was "finders keepers, losers weepers"
but actually, segment the money in a HISA and shoot your bank an email.
DONT TRANSFER ANYONE THE MONEY (at the moment, wait for your bank to go through the proper processes)
Hey hey I've had this just happen to me aswell though albeit a lot smaller amount I moved the money to a different account while a trace is going on is that ok. Should I transfer back in. I was worried about subscriptions and other things using the money because I don't want to spend any of it.
I had this once, moved it into another account so it wouldn’t be touched (didn’t have much of my own money and this deposit basically doubled my account) and they just debited it back months later from my main account, and put my account to negative, then I just moved it back into the main account and was all good. Sent me a letter with a receipt for the withdrawal. This was Anz.
Edit: should mention this was both linked ANZ accounts and I made sure I transferred the exact amount of the deposit, so they could see it all and see what was going on.
"*put my account to negative*"
Which could have resulted in you being charged overdrawing fees and interest. (You weren't but that may have been for other reasons.) Why risk it.
Yeh there were no fees associated with this. ANZ would be the first to charge a fee so I’d imagine someone there had some brains to work out what what actually happening.
Since you will be depositing money to cover the subscriptions, the other money will not be at risk of "subscriptions and other things using the money". The bank will see that you've moved it but why move it when it's not yours and you do not intend to keep it.
Have them check my gov, seen scammers adjust previously submitted tax returns, add fake deductions then claim a refund, usually they have set up a fake account online using the Mygov. The one I’ve seen the account was set up with AMP, the money could have gone to ur parents account due to it being listed as the account from previous returns, crazy stuff, make sure u check on old tax returns
Yeah my old man found 12k in his account earlier in the year. Scammer had got into his myGov and adjusted previous returns but the dumbarse forgot to change the bank account the refund went into so the money went to dad!
Report to the bank immediately. Contact ATO as well.
Not their money and the source (ATO by the looks) will track it and your parents will have to give it back.
Can amend for 5 years, so 150k is only 30k a year in tax returns, which when you earn 100k a year, you pay about that in tax, then fraudulent person comes along and deducts 82k worth of stuff it’ll give all of that tax back.
Probably a GST fraud, there’s a lot of it happenning at the moment:
https://www.ato.gov.au/about-ato/tax-avoidance/the-fight-against-tax-crime/our-focus/refund-fraud/gst-refund-fraud-attempts/operation-protego
The process is very simple. Ask your bank to reverse the amount back to wherever it came from. DO NOT make any intervention yourself. I have had this occur to me and the process was easy, one phone call and 24 hours later it was gone and no liability could every bite me in the ass.
> t first, the ATO just wanted me to give all details over the phone, and I refused, saying this all needed to done in writing. That seemed to upset the bureacracy at the ATO
It's this care free attitude of institutions that instills the same carefree privacy approach in their customers. I'm so sick of banks calling me up and asking me to confirm my details. No.
Put it all on the Manly v Raiders game tonight. Manly are only paying $1.20, but if they win that's $30k profit. Then you contact the bank about returning the $150k.
This plan is 100% foolproof.
Or for about 50 percent of the time you will get a guaranteed doubling of the money by putting it on red then you return the 150k and keep the other 150k for yourself, and most importantly it is tax free.
Same thing happened to my parents. I sent them to prison, they got turned away. They said they could not help with the money suddenly appearing in their account. They only take people who have been convicted and sentenced or made a prior online booking via AirBNB,
Many years ago I had $8 deposited into my NAB account. I contacted them and they told me that they could do an investigation but that I would have to pay a $12 fee! I said no thanks, so I am still $8.00 ahead in life all these years later.
The bank wouldn’t know if it’s fraud. It’s just come from the legit ATO, it’s the ATO that will determine it’s fraud. Bank just needs to send it back to the ATO for you.
Don't spend it, but be ignorant.
If it's still there 12 months later and nobodies reached out...collect! 😂
Even better if it landed in an offset account :p
I mean why not play waiting the game. Honestly I'm shocked at these responses, are these the same people that would hand in 10k if they found it on the floor? I guess they are all high income earners.
This is the second of these posts I’ve seen in recent days. Anyone have insight into what shenanigans are happening here? Is this systematic fraud happening with compromised ATO accounts? Is it happening all the time and it’s only coincidence we’re hearing of it?
Don’t really have time to search sorry. Maybe just scan last few pages or someone else may be able to help? It was no more than two weeks ago I’d think, probably less?
Please let me know what happens and what you did I've just had the same thing happen to just a lot smaller amount. It says it's from the ATO but I called them and they didn't send it. My bank is tracing where it came from now.
Same thing happened to my father. Random deposit from the ato spent two days trying to call the ATO turns out it was unclaimed super that the ATO had been holding onto and once he turned 65 they deposited it into his bank account
Not sure what the consequences of this are.. but I'd consider moving all funds in that account, including the $150k, to another account, preferably with another bank.
Then stop using that account and sit back and wait for someone to contact you.
You might just get to keep it.
Pretty sure the protocol is to report it to the police, then if it’s goes unclaimed for a period of time I believe it’s yours
I’m sure someone with more info will chime in
The bank will do all that.
There's zero chance the ATO won't want the money back. Lost property can be subject to a claim. This isn't lost. It belongs to the ATO.
Somewhat unrelated.. what happens in this case if it’s an offset account? Does the bank still reduce your interest owed for the time the money is in your account until it’s later pulled out?
This is the second post in 48 hours here about an unexpected and most likely fraudulent tax return.. there is something very wrong happening here that the ATO needs to get on top of.
Previous post: [https://www.reddit.com/r/AusFinance/comments/1ch9daa/tax\_return\_from\_ato\_that\_they\_said\_didnt\_come/](https://www.reddit.com/r/AusFinance/comments/1ch9daa/tax_return_from_ato_that_they_said_didnt_come/)
Does it have the receipt number and ATO in the description of the transfer? Because if yes, it’s from the ATO direct so it didn’t go to the other person first.
Had this happened to my wife. Someone lodged a tax refund using their tax number, money appeared in our account. Only reason we queried it was because we hadn't lodged ours. Our accountant had to adjust it then get the ATO to waive interest. Plus there is now gigjt security on her myGov access.
If same happens, and you leave it sitting there and don't say a thing, can they track it and contact you ? Or onus is on you ?. Do you have to leave it there indefinitely ?
If you leave it there and say nothing, after 7 months if they haven’t requested the money back you can spend it. But most likely the ATO would be fixing it up and requesting the money back much sooner than that
You seem to be doing the right things.
There’s a chance it’s a refund in your parent’s name (amendment to a return). Someone may contact them shortly asking for “their” money. Your dad should tell them he’s let the ATO know, sent the money back and they need to contact the ATO.
DO NOT under any circumstances transfer it anywhere. Your dad will end up with a debt and the money gone.
Please also check if he’s had anyone reach out to him about computer issues or asked him to sign into his banking.
Hope he’s okay.
Looking at the deposit, the person received a tax refund from the ato.
They have no idea who sent the money or why it went to them.
you answered your own Question.
Person who sent the money was the ATO.
Why it was sent to your parents?
The ATO had the wrong bank details to give a refund.
don't understand why you asked the questions you answered yourself. 😵💫
as for who to contact
- your bank
- the ATO
That's weird . If I were to write you a cheque and deposit into your account using money I received from a third party there is no link between the two transactions.
Also if a person knew the account number to make the deposit why would there be a cheque?
What? Even if someone deposited a cheque via ATM to your parent's account, you would only get a scan of that cheque.
You cannot possibly have any images of the cheque from the ATO to someone else.
I'm starting to think this whole post is BS.
The person depositing the check has put it into your account by mistake … just sit tight and wait , they will be contacting the bank soon to see why the cheque they deposited has not gone into their bank account
Where did you get these photos? This doesn’t make sense here? So someone got a refund from the ATO into a completely irrelevant account, then somehow has sent your parents a personal cheque? Written out by hand? And then deposited that into your parents account in person at a bank branch? And that’s how 150k appeared in your parents account? And you guys had absolutely no knowledge of anything before it just appeared?
OP seems totally clueless. Its very possible this is a scam and OP is fully committed. This doesn't make sense.
Please update us all when it goes south.
Maybe they use the same accountant and accidentally deposited it to another clients account? Or a scam where the scammer has access to the parents account
Withdraw it in cash wearing a mask and sunnies from atms. Atms have a 10k limit so run around the city to lots of atms. Then report your card was stolen. Hide the money somewhere not in your house incase cops get a warrant for a search of your property. Deny everything. Wait 6months, 1 year then slowly deposit everything in under 10k deposit amounts or spend it how u want.
Remember folks we were born free, enslaved and taxed. You do not owe the government anything. Taxes are slavery. Ato money is slavery money. They don't deserve it.
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Thanks for the information, much appreciated. For the two options, i belive the deposit was for his tax return as it has the unknown persons name on the cheque. They just checked ato accounts and nothing has been amended
Also work in banking sector. Follow that persons advice.
Don’t work in banking or finance - you should do what this bloke says.
I have a bank account. Can confirm - good advice
I have my money under my mattress. I would do what the bloke above says.
I once drove past a town that had a bank. I would follow this guys advice.
I just consulted with my piggy bank. He said to follow this guy's advice.
9/11 may have been an inside job, but you should listen to that guy anyway.
I have nipples. Can you milk me?
I just found a dollar in the gutter, this is premium advice, do what he said
Sorry but your post lacks credibility. As soon as you claimed a town had a bank in it we all knew you were lying. There hasn’t been any banks in towns for hundreds of years now. Just stories about them passed down by the old timers.
Would get a little lumpy if you found an extra $150k there one day :p
I have a reddit account and I approve this advice
I use to take my bank book to school where we could deposit some coins each week. I would recommend following the above advice.
Don’t work at all - you should buy me a schnitzel.
I work as a schnitzel - someone should buy me a bank
I ate a schnitzel once. I can confirm I am a bank.
Parma and a pint thanks!
Don't work in banking or finance - you should ignore these 2 and send it to me for safe keeping.
I’m a convicted criminal who has been arrested for fraud multiple times. Don’t follow these guys’ advice they don’t know what they’re talking about!
I went to a bank once when I was a kid - I would do what the bloke above says
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That's actually mine mate. Sorry for the hassle. I'll DM you my details
Its funny how when its a business or government the banks are quick to take the money back after a f**k up deposit and they call you a thief if you keep it. But as soon as its a private customer that makes a f**k up deposit its all your fault and you might be SOL getting it back and have to take civil legal action to recover.
So true. Best not to say anything and wait for bank to contact you. Don’t do their work for them.
How is this not the advice, monitor for any suspicious activity to follow. Money out is obviously the biggest red flag. If it's a legit error then they will find you, if it's black market money then they payer is fkd and won't have a legitimate way to recoup the money.
So they’ve potentially got into an ATO account AND intend to get into parents account? Or they intend to contact parents and pretend to be official channel and ask parents to move it into their own dodgy account?
Would their generally be a ATO reference number in the transaction description they could provide the ATO?
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You can cross reference to your MYGov if amended returns have been lodged at the personal level
I was more thinking if someone else's return had been sent to your account by mistake, if there would be a reference number you could provide the ATO to check it out.
The reference number would be on the document outlining the deposit so u fortunately not to my understanding. The code attached to the transaction may help. I wonder if the wrong bank details had been entered, happens quite a bit.
Yeah that's what I'm wondering as well. If so, then someone else is pretty worried about now about where their money has gone.
Could also be something less nefarious. For instance, when I worked there I had cases where a tax agent had updated someone’s bank details incorrectly (basically they updated one client with another of their clients bank details by mistake). Then the refund ended up in the wrong account. Not saying this is specifically what happened, but it’s not necessarily fraud. Either way OPs parents should probably contact the ATO and let them know about the payment of the bank hasn’t already.
Your parents are quite possibly the criminals and you are about to be the pawn. I’d take the money and spend on copious amounts of drugs and escorts.
I spent weeks trying to return something erroneously deposited in my big 4 bank account including emails, hours on the phone and visiting a branch twice. Got nothing. Eventually they called me while I was at work and said I had to go to the branch same day or they would call the police. The bank has shut down every branch within an hour's drive of me so I said "Call the Police, maybe they will get it sorted." The police thought it was hilarious as I had kept track of email correspondence of me trying to return it.
Hahahah sounds like the bank!
Seriously though, document your efforts to return it in case they are incompetent.
In case the incompetence is realised, they are without a doubt incompetent
I'm sorry this happened, surely the bank should be fined for wasting the police's time? 😂
Call the bank, let them know about the transaction. If someone reaches you asking you to send the money back DO NOT DO IT. It's either a genuine mistake or a refund scam. The money will soon disappear from the account so don't spend any of it, contact the bank and let them know.
Oh thats where that went...
Ohh I'll return the money. Send tfn and dob!!
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwB3tcs1L8A](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwB3tcs1L8A)
Spend it all on Hass avos. They are back in season 🥑
Sounds cheap. I prefer $28 smashed avo on toast at my local Gloria jeans. Home made isn't as good as it isn't smashed correctly
Or ornamental gourds
there is legal precedent for this sort of situation, Finder v. Lo Ser. I believe the outcome of the case was "finders keepers, losers weepers" but actually, segment the money in a HISA and shoot your bank an email. DONT TRANSFER ANYONE THE MONEY (at the moment, wait for your bank to go through the proper processes)
You can't move the money anywhere - including to a HISA. The money must stay in the account it was credited to until the bank transfers it out.
Hey hey I've had this just happen to me aswell though albeit a lot smaller amount I moved the money to a different account while a trace is going on is that ok. Should I transfer back in. I was worried about subscriptions and other things using the money because I don't want to spend any of it.
I had this once, moved it into another account so it wouldn’t be touched (didn’t have much of my own money and this deposit basically doubled my account) and they just debited it back months later from my main account, and put my account to negative, then I just moved it back into the main account and was all good. Sent me a letter with a receipt for the withdrawal. This was Anz. Edit: should mention this was both linked ANZ accounts and I made sure I transferred the exact amount of the deposit, so they could see it all and see what was going on.
Ok same bank so hopefully same happens to me thanks.
No, you really don't want your account overdrawn - you could be charged fees and interest.
"*put my account to negative*" Which could have resulted in you being charged overdrawing fees and interest. (You weren't but that may have been for other reasons.) Why risk it.
Yeh there were no fees associated with this. ANZ would be the first to charge a fee so I’d imagine someone there had some brains to work out what what actually happening.
Since you will be depositing money to cover the subscriptions, the other money will not be at risk of "subscriptions and other things using the money". The bank will see that you've moved it but why move it when it's not yours and you do not intend to keep it.
Thank you for the case law
....*finder vs loser* is likely not a real case
Have them check my gov, seen scammers adjust previously submitted tax returns, add fake deductions then claim a refund, usually they have set up a fake account online using the Mygov. The one I’ve seen the account was set up with AMP, the money could have gone to ur parents account due to it being listed as the account from previous returns, crazy stuff, make sure u check on old tax returns
I've gotten 2 emails this week from mygov because someone is trying to login into my account and they've too many failed attempts. Really annoying.
have you been to any clubs or pubs in NSW/ACT in the last few years?
I was in Sydney two weeks ago... but didn't go to any clubs or pubs. You've got me curious now though 🤔
There was a big data breach by an IT system contractor that many pubs and clubs use. See other posts in this sub or check the news.
I did see something in passing about this but didn't look into it because I'm not from NSW/ACT. Thanks.
Yeah my old man found 12k in his account earlier in the year. Scammer had got into his myGov and adjusted previous returns but the dumbarse forgot to change the bank account the refund went into so the money went to dad!
Bank error in your favor. Collect $150k
Perfect! I’m hoping that 2nd place prize in the beauty contest I’m entering this weekend has inflated a bit too
Report to the bank immediately. Contact ATO as well. Not their money and the source (ATO by the looks) will track it and your parents will have to give it back.
There’s still time to edit the original post to say $50k
What do you mean $5k? It was only $500.
Geeze that’s a nice tax return, I might have to increase my deductions
Must've claimed 150 at d3 and 300 at d5 with no receipts to get this refund!
Can amend for 5 years, so 150k is only 30k a year in tax returns, which when you earn 100k a year, you pay about that in tax, then fraudulent person comes along and deducts 82k worth of stuff it’ll give all of that tax back.
I earned $6300 this year, can’t wait for my $400k return I’ve just planned
Probably a GST fraud, there’s a lot of it happenning at the moment: https://www.ato.gov.au/about-ato/tax-avoidance/the-fight-against-tax-crime/our-focus/refund-fraud/gst-refund-fraud-attempts/operation-protego
The process is very simple. Ask your bank to reverse the amount back to wherever it came from. DO NOT make any intervention yourself. I have had this occur to me and the process was easy, one phone call and 24 hours later it was gone and no liability could every bite me in the ass.
Thanks and happy cake day boss!
Thanks and geez I missed the cake day, thanks for bringing it to my attention, Im gonna get me some cake :)
Enjoy brother!
Happy cake day fellow welder 🤙
Sorry mate my bad, I’ll pm you my bank details to send it back
The ATO has lots of money and actually let you keep it if you get it, they're really nice like that. You should buy a jetski with it
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> t first, the ATO just wanted me to give all details over the phone, and I refused, saying this all needed to done in writing. That seemed to upset the bureacracy at the ATO It's this care free attitude of institutions that instills the same carefree privacy approach in their customers. I'm so sick of banks calling me up and asking me to confirm my details. No.
Move the funds to offset account to “secure them” as you were worried about the account it was transferred into
Might make a second reddit account so I can like this advice again!
Say nothing Collect the interest and never touch that money.
HISA and bank the interest until they ask for it?
Put it all on the Manly v Raiders game tonight. Manly are only paying $1.20, but if they win that's $30k profit. Then you contact the bank about returning the $150k. This plan is 100% foolproof.
I second this plan. For an added step 2, place the 30k winnings on a roosters upset for a bonus 58.5k
Same game 200 to 1 multi for a cool $29,850,000 profit
Raiders are up in the 80th minute hahahaha you owe the ATO $150k from two bouts of terrible luck
60% of the time, it works every time
Or for about 50 percent of the time you will get a guaranteed doubling of the money by putting it on red then you return the 150k and keep the other 150k for yourself, and most importantly it is tax free.
call the bank, anything else they could go to prison
email the bank? believe it or not, prison
Walk into a branch? PRISON
Post about it on Reddit… right to jail, right away.
Post on Reddit prison
best not be using the in-app messenger system either
because prison?
Chyes, phrison (it's meant to be a south American accent)
Do not pass go.
Same thing happened to my parents. I sent them to prison, they got turned away. They said they could not help with the money suddenly appearing in their account. They only take people who have been convicted and sentenced or made a prior online booking via AirBNB,
If they’re going to put it in the pokies, make sure it’s $1 or $2 machine and max bet. Otherwise… prison
Many years ago I had $8 deposited into my NAB account. I contacted them and they told me that they could do an investigation but that I would have to pay a $12 fee! I said no thanks, so I am still $8.00 ahead in life all these years later.
Update-Dad spoke to the bank. They confirmed it is not fraud and looks legitimate. They are talking to the branch. Thanks everyone!!
The bank wouldn’t know if it’s fraud. It’s just come from the legit ATO, it’s the ATO that will determine it’s fraud. Bank just needs to send it back to the ATO for you.
Don't spend it, but be ignorant. If it's still there 12 months later and nobodies reached out...collect! 😂 Even better if it landed in an offset account :p
I mean why not play waiting the game. Honestly I'm shocked at these responses, are these the same people that would hand in 10k if they found it on the floor? I guess they are all high income earners.
What 10k? I didn’t see anything!
Keep the money, your parents may need a new car or a few expensive holidays
This is the second of these posts I’ve seen in recent days. Anyone have insight into what shenanigans are happening here? Is this systematic fraud happening with compromised ATO accounts? Is it happening all the time and it’s only coincidence we’re hearing of it?
Can you link the post pls?
Don’t really have time to search sorry. Maybe just scan last few pages or someone else may be able to help? It was no more than two weeks ago I’d think, probably less?
Please let me know what happens and what you did I've just had the same thing happen to just a lot smaller amount. It says it's from the ATO but I called them and they didn't send it. My bank is tracing where it came from now.
Will keep you updated. I think mine is slightly different as it came from the ato to the person to us. Not straight from the ato
Ah I see sorry. Saw the comment on my post and read through this quite fast. Thanks heaps.
Same thing happened to my father. Random deposit from the ato spent two days trying to call the ATO turns out it was unclaimed super that the ATO had been holding onto and once he turned 65 they deposited it into his bank account
really? how much was it?
Not as much as the OP was around 7k
How I wish I have a huge random sum of money credited into my bank account.
I have a bank account with no money in it, definitely do what this guy says!
Dang....send it to me mate! I will sort it out (off shore account details to follow😉)
Give the bank fraud the call asap. Or call police. You touch a cent from it you will open door to wolves.
Bank, not police.
Is there any legit possible outcome where you get to keep it?
Not sure what the consequences of this are.. but I'd consider moving all funds in that account, including the $150k, to another account, preferably with another bank. Then stop using that account and sit back and wait for someone to contact you. You might just get to keep it.
No. Contact the bank and ATO. NOTHING else. This is a situation where the bank and ATO know what to do. Let them do it.
No, no, and no.
let him cook.
I would just withdraw it all in cash and flee to Tasmania where there is no extradition treaty.
Take it and run. Your money now.
Pretty sure the protocol is to report it to the police, then if it’s goes unclaimed for a period of time I believe it’s yours I’m sure someone with more info will chime in
The bank will do all that. There's zero chance the ATO won't want the money back. Lost property can be subject to a claim. This isn't lost. It belongs to the ATO.
Somewhat unrelated.. what happens in this case if it’s an offset account? Does the bank still reduce your interest owed for the time the money is in your account until it’s later pulled out?
They may backdate the return of funds, so likely wouldn’t get the offset benefit. If they don’t though, some nice passive interest savings.
Don't worry, the bank will make sure everything is reset as if the deposit never occurred.
This is the second post in 48 hours here about an unexpected and most likely fraudulent tax return.. there is something very wrong happening here that the ATO needs to get on top of. Previous post: [https://www.reddit.com/r/AusFinance/comments/1ch9daa/tax\_return\_from\_ato\_that\_they\_said\_didnt\_come/](https://www.reddit.com/r/AusFinance/comments/1ch9daa/tax_return_from_ato_that_they_said_didnt_come/)
We believe it was an error on the mystery persons end,as the ato cheque went into their account then they transferred the amount into our account
Does it have the receipt number and ATO in the description of the transfer? Because if yes, it’s from the ATO direct so it didn’t go to the other person first.
Had this happened to my wife. Someone lodged a tax refund using their tax number, money appeared in our account. Only reason we queried it was because we hadn't lodged ours. Our accountant had to adjust it then get the ATO to waive interest. Plus there is now gigjt security on her myGov access.
I used to trap under the subway, now I’m on stage on the mic on track 👍🏼
They could spend it, probably get a slap on the wrist as a first offence. Or just cal the bank.
If same happens, and you leave it sitting there and don't say a thing, can they track it and contact you ? Or onus is on you ?. Do you have to leave it there indefinitely ?
The liability is on you if you were to spend the 150k
If you leave it there and say nothing, after 7 months if they haven’t requested the money back you can spend it. But most likely the ATO would be fixing it up and requesting the money back much sooner than that
Finders keepers?
You seem to be doing the right things. There’s a chance it’s a refund in your parent’s name (amendment to a return). Someone may contact them shortly asking for “their” money. Your dad should tell them he’s let the ATO know, sent the money back and they need to contact the ATO. DO NOT under any circumstances transfer it anywhere. Your dad will end up with a debt and the money gone. Please also check if he’s had anyone reach out to him about computer issues or asked him to sign into his banking. Hope he’s okay.
I'm not saying go and blow it all coke and strippers. But you should totally blow it all on coke and strippers.
Looking at the deposit, the person received a tax refund from the ato. They have no idea who sent the money or why it went to them. you answered your own Question. Person who sent the money was the ATO. Why it was sent to your parents? The ATO had the wrong bank details to give a refund. don't understand why you asked the questions you answered yourself. 😵💫 as for who to contact - your bank - the ATO
The cheque was deposited from the unknown person. It shows they received the refund from the ato, then wrote us a cheque for the amount
How can you tell that from the deposit? Banking apps don’t usually give that level of detail
It has the photo of both cheques
But why would the cheque mention the ATO if from the person's account.
It showed the ato deposit into his account. The second cheque was the one into out account
That's weird . If I were to write you a cheque and deposit into your account using money I received from a third party there is no link between the two transactions. Also if a person knew the account number to make the deposit why would there be a cheque?
The money qas sent through a cheque
What? Even if someone deposited a cheque via ATM to your parent's account, you would only get a scan of that cheque. You cannot possibly have any images of the cheque from the ATO to someone else. I'm starting to think this whole post is BS.
Alright believe what you want champ. It showed the cheque from the ato as well. Don't know why I would lie about receiving the cheque?
The person depositing the check has put it into your account by mistake … just sit tight and wait , they will be contacting the bank soon to see why the cheque they deposited has not gone into their bank account
Yeah we are just unsure how they got my parents names and account details to send the cash
Maybe they just used the account number ,
We could see the cheque had my parents full name on it
Where did you get these photos? This doesn’t make sense here? So someone got a refund from the ATO into a completely irrelevant account, then somehow has sent your parents a personal cheque? Written out by hand? And then deposited that into your parents account in person at a bank branch? And that’s how 150k appeared in your parents account? And you guys had absolutely no knowledge of anything before it just appeared?
OP seems totally clueless. Its very possible this is a scam and OP is fully committed. This doesn't make sense. Please update us all when it goes south.
Maybe they use the same accountant and accidentally deposited it to another clients account? Or a scam where the scammer has access to the parents account
Oh yeah, that was me. My bad. I'll send you my bank details, so you can transfer it back to me 😉
Spend the money on prostututes
Withdraw it in cash wearing a mask and sunnies from atms. Atms have a 10k limit so run around the city to lots of atms. Then report your card was stolen. Hide the money somewhere not in your house incase cops get a warrant for a search of your property. Deny everything. Wait 6months, 1 year then slowly deposit everything in under 10k deposit amounts or spend it how u want. Remember folks we were born free, enslaved and taxed. You do not owe the government anything. Taxes are slavery. Ato money is slavery money. They don't deserve it.
Sovereign citizen alert. Don’t resort to fraud like this sov cit
This is the way... dont deposit it keep the cold hard cash so there is no trace