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Fake myGov profiles are being used to hack ATO accounts. Sue found this out the hard way

"Congratulations on selling your Footscray house," an accountant told Sue* last month while the pair were discussing a routine tax return.

The comment was baffling. Sue didn't own a house in Footscray.

But according to her Australian Tax Office (ATO) records, not only did her supposed inner-Melbourne home go under the hammer but her return had already been lodged.

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