Do Not Call Register - Planned Outage - 20:00 Thu 23 Oct to 02:00 Fri 24 Oct
A temporary outage is planned on the Do Not Call register, Thursday 23rd October 2025 8pm up to Friday 24th October 2025 2am AET. We appreciate your patience at this time and apologise for any inconvenience caused.
Spike in Centrelink scams
Protect yourself from the Centrelink scam
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission is warning the community to be aware of phone calls from scammers pretending to be from the Department of Human Services or Centrelink.
The ACCC has provided helpful hints on how to protect yourself from scammers. These include:
- If you receive a phone call from someone claiming to be from Centrelink and offering an increase in benefits, hang up.
- Never give your personal or financial details over the phone unless you made the call and the phone number came from a trusted source
- Any requests to send money via a gift card should be treated as highly suspicious
- Never send any money via wire transfer to anyone you do not know or trust.
See the ACCC's media release for more details.