Location: '34 South' Young Hilltops LGA, Australia
Posts: 1,481
Definitely a scam.
1. ATO/Medicare and I would expect Social Security all deposit tax refunds, medical rebates and social security pensions directly to your bank account providing you have a nominated bank account registered in MyGov. You don't have to do anything in MyGov except provide the bank account details.
2. You can log into MyGov independently and directly, not via the link they sent you and check if the account is there.
3. You should know if there is a refund owning after doing your taxes.
Outstanding refund? So, they want to give you money yet its outstanding. Whoever wrote that hasn't the best knowledge of the English language as its an obvious contradiction in terms.
Simple Google comes up with https://www.servicesaustralia.gov.au...und-email-scam
If you're ever unsure, navigate to the site (Mygov) yourself and login independently of the email. if there was a refund waiting for you, it would show up somewhere in there.
