Mytrax Excavations

29/05/2026

15/04/2026

28/12/2025

⚠️ Watch out for BEC scams in the construction sector ⚠️

Cybercriminals are targeting the building and construction industry in Tasmania with Business Email Compromise (BEC) scams, and they’re getting smarter.

🔍 What’s a BEC scam?
Criminals impersonate businesses or employees via email to trick victims into sending legitimate payments to fraudulent bank accounts.

🏗️ Why construction?
- High-value transactions.
- Frequent invoicing.
- Small, family-run businesses often lack strong cybersecurity.
- Time-poor operators = easy targets.

🎯 How they do it
- Tender Surveillance: scammers monitor public tenders for contract details and payment info.
- Invoice Impersonation: they pose as suppliers, send fake invoices with their bank details, and even call pretending to be finance staff to pressure quick payment.
- Once paid, the money usually goes overseas and is gone for good.

❗ These scams are highly sophisticated
They mimic tone, formatting, and even reference real past communications. It’s social engineering at its best, and it works.

🔒Protect your business
- Always verify payment requests with a trusted contact – not the details on the invoice.
- If you’ve paid incorrectly, contact your bank immediately.
- Implement ACSC's Essential Eight cybersecurity strategies: cyber.gov.au/business-government/asds-cyber-security-frameworks/essential-eight
- Report suspicious activity via ReportCyber: cyber.gov.au/report

Stay alert and share this with your colleagues. Don’t let scammers cash in on your hard work!

20/12/2025

And that's a wrap for 2025. 🎁 Staff function yesterday at The Range was a 'hit'. 🏌🏼‍♂️

They went for the driving range, but I don't think anyone can deny fun & laughs were had at Putt-Putt. ⛳

🏆 Longest drive = Tristan by default, as the boss man was ruled out of contention for prizes

🏆 For the 1st hole in one = Also Tristan, who was disqualified for already having won, causing a quick re-jig of prize categories to -

🏆 Lowest Putt-Putt score = Chris, who had tied with disqualified Tristan 🤣

As our staff now head into a well-earned break, we would like to thank them, our clients & suppliers, and wish a Merry Christmas to all. 🎄

Thank you also to Sugar’n’Spice Catering for supplying the locally made fresh sweet treats for our staff hampers again this year 🧁

20/12/2025

Leroy getting the job done for TCB on this one 🏠👷🏼‍♂️

19/11/2025

10/11/2025

29/09/2025

Wanted to buy - Truck - 4.5 to 10.4 tonne GVM, flat tray or tipper, preferably with a tow pack and no older than 2010

04/08/2025

Australian Academic Solutions are looking at running a Short Term Low Impact Traffic Management course in Launceston if they can get enough numbers.

If you're interested more information is available here -

https://www.aussolutions.com.au/courses/TRFC-08

To enrol select - Tas and then Launceston

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