• null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    23 days ago

    Sorry what actually is the scam?

    ALP or LNP provide forms which look like a registration for a postal vote, then when they receive the completed form they store the voters details and then submit the actual application for a postal vote.

    Is that it? Stealing voter details?

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      23 days ago

      Harvesting personal information while impersonating official electoral comms.

      While they technically have the right authorisations on them, the envelope and postal vote form I received could easily be mistaken as official from anyone not paying 100% attention.

      According to the article the websites both take all your information then redirect you to the actual postal voting registration, potentially leading voters to think they’ve already submitted for a postal vote when they haven’t.