Photo: Getty ImagesThe Inland Revenue Department is unsure how many Kiwis had been scammed off the back of a fake tax refund email requesting bank account details. Wallach said luckily he had already received his tax refund this year so knew straight away it was a scam. Screenshot of the IRD scam email. The scam email sent to Wallach told him to view the "secured file" to complete a refund form and process payment. The IRD spokesperson said they had received reports of various different versions of the scam email since June.

Source: Otago Daily Times July 16, 2019 08:37 UTC