Most useful information for managing your money

1. Scams and identity theft
2. Avoid and report scams

How scams work

A scam is a trick to steal your money or personal information. Scams target everyone and anyone can become a victim.

1. Managing your money
2. Most useful information

Financial information form (SS245)

Use this form to give us details of your financial information.

1. Centrelink payment summary
2. What’s on it

Payments that don’t show on your payment summary

Your Centrelink payment summary won’t show some taxable payments you get from us. But if you get any, you'll need to report them in your tax return.

1. Active scams
2. Other Services Australia scams

Face verification scams

Scammers are asking you to verify your identity with a facial check to help prevent unauthorised activity and secure your account.

1. Active scams
2. Centrelink scams

Centrelink impersonation phone call scams

You might get a call claiming to be from Services Australia.

1. Managing your money
2. Scams and identity theft

Avoid and report scams

There are things you can do to protect yourself from scams and identity theft. You can report Services Australia scams to us to help protect others.

1. Scams and identity theft
2. Active scams

myGov scams

There are different types of myGov scams.

1. Active scams
2. myGov scams

myGov phishing email scams

There are different ways scammers try to trick you, including pretending to be from myGov.

1. Active scams
2. myGov scams

myGov text message link scams

If you get a text message from myGov with a link to click on, it‘s a scam.

1. Active scams
2. Centrelink scams

Centrelink impersonation email scams

You might get an email claiming to be from Centrelink about urgently updating your details.