{"id":65301,"date":"2026-08-05T02:35:06","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T02:35:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/65301\/"},"modified":"2026-08-05T02:35:06","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T02:35:06","slug":"city-of-perth-and-consumer-protection-wa-warns-of-scam-callers-wanting-data-ahead-of-australian-census-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/65301\/","title":{"rendered":"City of Perth and Consumer Protection WA warns of scam callers wanting data ahead of Australian Census night"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">The City of Perth has warned ratepayers about scam calls from people claiming to be staff collecting information for the Australian Census.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">\u201cCity of Perth staff will never call you to ask for your personal information,\u201d its public notice states.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">\u201cIf you receive a call like this, do not provide any details. Hang up and contact the city directly through our official channels if you\u2019re unsure whether a call is genuine.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">\u201cIf you\u2019ve received a suspicious call, please let us know and report it to <a class=\"css-445i33-StyledTextLink ezegcyi0\" data-link-type=\"article-inline\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/ow.ly\/yLY750Zwo8u\">Scamwatch<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">The five-yearly census will be held on Tuesday. August 11. It will collect data about people\u2019s age, country of birth, cultural background, living situation, work and education.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">The information will be used to help Federal and local groups plan public funding, infrastructure, schools, healthcare, and community services.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Consumer Protection WA has also posted a warning on their <a class=\"css-445i33-StyledTextLink ezegcyi0\" data-link-type=\"article-inline\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ConsumerProtectionWesternAustralia\">social media<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">\u201cWith the upcoming Census on 11 August, criminal scammers could exploit the event by impersonating Government officials,\u201d the post states.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">\u201cWe want you to beware of unsolicited emails, text messages, phone calls, or social media messages claiming to be Census related.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">They warn the Australian Bureau of Statistics will never ask for bank details, credit card information, money or donations, passwords or identity documents or tax file number.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">\u201cThey will also never offer or provide prizes or incentives for you to complete your Census, contact you via social media sites or call, email or SMS you unless you\u2019ve provided a phone number or email address to one of their representatives,\u201d the post also warns.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">For more information on the 2026 Census, visit the Australian Bureau of Statistics\u2019 <a class=\"css-445i33-StyledTextLink ezegcyi0\" data-link-type=\"article-inline\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/info.census.abs.gov.au\/about\">website<\/a> or call 1800 181 227.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The City of Perth has warned ratepayers about scam calls from people claiming to be staff collecting information&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":65302,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[917,312,1774,152,335,149,464],"class_list":["post-65301","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-perth","tag-central","tag-crime","tag-local-government","tag-news","tag-perth","tag-politics","tag-wa-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65301","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=65301"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65301\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65302"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65301"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65301"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65301"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}