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I, like someone else reported here, am getting text messages from someone claiming to be from ATO or maybe they ARE from ATO and ATO just has unethical business practices. The texts say that they are following up on my personal loan application. These texts are designed to lead the recipient (if they haven’t applied for a loan) to believe their identity has been compromised and someone is attempting to take out a loan using their personal information. Here is a copy and pasted text from them: * Hi Mary, This is Mia with ATO. Following up about your personal loan request. Trying to connect you with our loan officer regarding your approval. Txt END to opt out. Otherwise, can I call you now? If the loan is no longer needed, let me know.* I felt strongly it was a scam and checked my credit reports for inquiries and never responded but ATO keeps sending them. After reading another recipient’s experience here I can see it is a scam to collect information.