My wife just got the phone call then claiming she was owed $4800 in overcharged fees from her bank. The caller claimed to be calling on behalf of a Government department. They really need to work on their script... apart from the caller being very hard to understand due to a heavy accent, she stated that my wife was owed this money from being overcharged by her bank.... the caller then proceeded to ask what bank my wife actually banks with! I decided to call the Managers number (02) 8006 1797) that they said we needed to call to oraginse the cheque. We didnt ring and within 10 minutes they rang us back and said we must call him asap so we could get the cheque in 2 hours. I said, "You mean there will physically be a cheque delivered within two hours?" to which she answered "YES!". I decided to call Richard Lee. He answered and asked for my wifes name. I quoted the application code my wife was given. He asked for my wifes name again and again i quoted the app code. He got a bit angry and asked for her name, again I quoted the app code that we were given and said you should be able to get her name from that. He then hung up on me!
Waiting to see if they call back again.... SCAMMERS!!
ps. Our caller ID displayed OVERSEAS

20.11 .10

Scammer ring again today  and  my husband  had a few words to say to them . And he had the nerve to apolige  when their ripping off people left right and centre.  This is just heartless and their is no justification  for this behavior . Money can be the root of all evil  and i hope they read this and have same  shame for these families they have ripped off . I pray to God for them to change their ways .  AMEN

I got a phone call today from a woman saying the same thing as the other callers....Call Richard quote number and he will tell you what to do. When l called Richard they hung up....Maybe he has had enough But no, 2 hrs later the woman rung up wanting to know if l had called him and l informed her it sounded like a scam and if there was money she can call Richard and quote the number for me if not send the cheque herself. She soon clicked that l knew and started backing off and said her good-bye's. l didn't give her any of my details but where do they get there info from?????    The white pages?????

Thanks for the heads up - they almost got my wife but i decided to check the net and here you were with the answer. Also checked with St George and yes ....... SCAM

Re: "(02) 8006 1797" scam out of a NSW Australia number.

Hi Tegan,

An elderly friend of mine in Victoria received the same call to say that she was owed close to $5,000 from Westpac in overcharged fees and she could either claim it as a deposit directly into her account or by cheque.

My friend is very on-the-ball and recognised the danger and said just send it as a cheque. Without drawing breath the scammer said to her that she needed to organise a money order at the post office and send it to this guy so that he could the tax due on the cheque before sending it.

Westpac have been notified and they said they have had several calls about this scam. But if anyone can ID this scammers number "(02) 8006 1797" I'd like know so that I can take it further.

Same thing today. Didn't get the number but a woman with an Indian accent told me she was ringing on behalf of 'the Westpac' and 'the Australian Government' and was trying to return 'overcharge fees'. When I asked her for some verification that she was ringing on behalf of Westpac she told me my address. I then asked if there was anyone at the Westpac office I could speak to to confirm this (having got none of the usual mail notification) she replied that this 'money return' has been 'all over the media'. I told her I'd seen no such thing and she promptly hung up.

Very poor form