Latest Ebay Phone Scam

[freddie*rooster]

Recorded message advising me I have purchased an item on

ebay for $300 if this purchase is incorrect press 1 to speak to

an ebay operative.

[sandypebbles]

Once again, not the latest, not new

There are over 30 threads on the same thing already on here

Thing is, by people saying this is something new when it is far from it over and over, nobody is going to pay any attention to a yet to be heard of scam which REALLY is new because they will just assume it is *this* one, yet again 

I sure as heck you did not press 1 like many people have done 

And this same scam also pretends to be from many other places, not just an 'eBay' scammer

[freddie*rooster]

It's a first for me.

No I have the nouse to sniff out and avoid a scam.

Thought I would post it here in case others like me have not

heard of this particular EBAY scam.

[domino-710]

The Scam ATO - is on a bit of a run again also.

[freddie*rooster]

Recorded message wasn't the voice of the usual scammer 

sounded more English speaking.

[domino-710]

I actually don't get them - DD does - as she uses her mobile all the time.

When asked for a number I give the landline - bought a new Challenger - it asks for the person calling to identify themselves - the scam just hang up.

You are able to press 1 for a single received call if the person has identified themselves - 2 for always accepting calls from certain numbers.

Quite a good idea.

[the_great_she_elephant]

We've just received a letter from the Australian Bureau Of Statistics telling us  our household has been selected for a  Wellbeing And Lifestyle Survey. Our names do not appear in the address on the envelope, just an "Obligation ID".  And, apparently, due to the Covid pandemic the survey has to be done online.  There is a step by step guide to accessing the appropriate website etc. 

To be honest, I think it  probably is genuine, but I am seriously thinking of ignoring it, and when they chase us up saying we assumed it was just another scam, phishing for our personal details.

[gutterpunkz05]

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@freddie*rooster wrote:

It's a first for me.

No I have the nouse to sniff out and avoid a scam.

Thought I would post it here in case others like me have not

heard of this particular EBAY scam.

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It is not an ebay scam, it is a scammer purporting to be ebay.  There is a very big difference.

Most victims of scams, believe they are smart enough to never fall victim to one, but of course they do and the scammers rely

on the victims being to vain to report they have been conned.    If a scam is really good, you may not even know you have been

conned until much much later.

[kopenhagen5 · Accepted solution]

Everyday the my work mobile gets calls from 'Telstra" with a recorded message to press 1.

I don't pick up calls from a private number.

Just a nuisance when working and going over to the desk every time for nothing.

(Nice to see your smiling face freddie. )

[daydreams_12]

Text here today with a link included.  Hello  (first name).  Transfer all your money we are about to close your account.  Obviously deleted and blocked number.  That is the strangest I have had.  As expected when I checked Reverse Phone Numbers it is 100% SCAM