Please note that official email addresses for the Australian High Commission and the Department of Home Affairs always ends with “@dfat.gov.au” OR “@homeaffairs.gov.au”.
Any email that does not use these domains should be treated as suspicious and likely fraudulent.
Also refer to department’s website that lists varied alerts to protect against scams – https://india.embassy.gov.au/ndli/vm_visaandmigrationscam.html#Fake_email.
Please note that email addresses ending in @australiamail.com, @consultant.com, @australia.vfsglobalembassy.com, @asia.com, @ausimmigdept.au.pn, @australianvisa.au.pn, @australian-high-commission.org , @counsellor.com, @australia-govt-homeaffairs.in or @diplomats.com do not belong to the Australian High Commission, Consular or VFS staff