Most useful information for managing your money

1. Managing your money
2. Scams and identity theft

Help if a scam or identity theft has affected you

There’s support available if you’ve been affected by a scam or identity theft.

1. Your representatives
2. Someone to act for you

Child Support representative to act for you

You can choose someone to be your Child Support representative.

1. Centrelink Compensation Recovery
2. When you get lump sum compensation

Repayments due to lump sum compensation

When you get a compensation lump sum, you may need to repay us a charge for your income support payments.

1. Active scams
2. Centrelink scams

Centrelink impersonation email scams

You might get an email claiming to be from Centrelink about urgently updating your details.

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Applications are open for the Income Apportionment Resolution Scheme

If you have debts affected by income apportionment, you can apply for a one-off payment for each eligible debt.

1. Managing your money
2. Scams and identity theft

Avoid and report scams

There are things you can do to protect yourself from scams and identity theft. You can report Services Australia scams to us to help protect others.

1. Scams and identity theft
2. Avoid and report scams

Report a Services Australia or myGov scam

You can report scams impersonating Services Australia and myGov, including Centrelink, Medicare or Child Support.

1. Active scams
2. myGov scams

myGov text message link scams

If you get a text message from myGov with a link to click on, it‘s a scam.

1. Scams and identity theft
2. Active scams

Centrelink scams

There are different types of Centrelink scams.

1. Centrelink Compensation Recovery
2. When you get periodic compensation

Repayments due to periodic compensation

If you get a back payment of periodic compensation, we may have overpaid you. If so, you’ll need to pay us back.