Scam warning - 'Sailor' seeking help

ADAVB has notified the ACCC of a scam message being received by Victorian dental clinics.

In the email, a widower claims to be in the Navy and at sea. He wants his two children treated at the clinic before he returns home.

The message says that the children will be taken to the clinic by an unnamed driver, who has not been paid. The writer asks for a ‘favour’ – a payment of $2550 to be paid to the driver’s agent. The sailor asks the clinic to add the driver’s fee to the account which he will pay by credit card when he returns home.

Members should report scam messages, such as this, to the ACCC's SCAMwatch.