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There's been a few more scam emails doing the rounds again lately. The general idea for most of them seems to be trying to trick you into giving them personal info, by pretending to be an organisation you have an account with.
Just as a general rule, carefully read any emails you get that seem to come from your bank (particularly Westpac at the moment) or from Paypal, Ebay or any other organisation that has financial info about you. In fact, if you get any emails that want to "confirm your details" or "reactivate your account" by getting you to enter your username/password, financial details or other sensitive information into a web form, be suspicious! Check in the email if it comes from an account within the organisation, if the spelling and grammar is professional and correct, if the provided phone numbers are actually Australian and most importantly, that the URL doesn't contain any @ characters or hostnames other than the correct organisation.
Most organisations will NEVER ask for your password in any other context than logging on to do your normal business with them. If in doubt, you might want to ring the organisation and confirm that the email you have received is genuine before entering any info.
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