Taxpayers are warned that the email fraudulently uses the Tax Office logo, and contains subject lines of: ‘Australian Taxation Office - Notification' or ‘Australian Taxation Office - Please Read This'.

The email asks people to click on a link which sends them to a bogus website. This website will ask taxpayers for credit card and personal details in order to receive a refund.

As always, it is safer to type a website address than click on a hyperlink.