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Telstra tech. scam.

katymatey* — Tue, 13 Jan 2015 05:52:26 GMT

Just had a phone call purporting to be Telstra technical services saying I had a problem with my internet connection.

'Foreign' voice of course. I wasn't on the laptop at the time, so I told him I would connect and he could ring me back. He did ring back and when I told him there was nothing wrong with the connection he hung up. Apparently this is a scam similar to the microsoft one that has been around for ages.

Re: Telstra tech. scam.

grandmoon — Tue, 13 Jan 2015 05:57:41 GMT

@katymatey* wrote:
Just had a phone call purporting to be Telstra technical services saying I had a problem with my internet connection.
'Foreign' voice of course. I wasn't on the laptop at the time, so I told him I would connect and he could ring me back. He did ring back and when I told him there was nothing wrong with the connection he hung up. Apparently this is a scam similar to the microsoft one that has been around for ages.

My son loves to play with this type of telemarkers. The first question he asks is what computer are you talking about and then prattles of about the number and type of computers and tablets they have in the house. In the end they hang up on him.

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cherry*135 — Tue, 13 Jan 2015 06:02:51 GMT

Yes, it is another similar scam to the Microsoft one.

Scammers pretending to be from Telstra Technical Support continue cold-calling Australians

http://www.scamwatch.gov.au/content/index.phtml/itemId/1134129

Re: Telstra tech. scam.

bushies.girl — Tue, 13 Jan 2015 06:07:23 GMT

Are you on the do not call register?

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horizon1907 — Tue, 13 Jan 2015 06:08:45 GMT

@grandmoon wrote:
@katymatey* wrote:
Just had a phone call purporting to be Telstra technical services saying I had a problem with my internet connection.
'Foreign' voice of course. I wasn't on the laptop at the time, so I told him I would connect and he could ring me back. He did ring back and when I told him there was nothing wrong with the connection he hung up. Apparently this is a scam similar to the microsoft one that has been around for ages.
My son loves to play with this type of telemarkers. The first question he asks is what computer are you talking about and then prattles of about the number and type of computers and tablets they have in the house. In the end they hang up on him.

I love chatting to em too gmoon, I natter about all sorts of unrelated topics and then out of the blue yell at the Non existent Dog and hang up. They called you remember, not you called them. 🙂

Re: Telstra tech. scam.

j*oono — Tue, 13 Jan 2015 06:10:29 GMT

It doesn't matter if you are on the do not call register because scammers ignore it 😄

If it really was Telstra then they can call you if you are a customer anyway, unless you tell them that you don't want their calls. Then the register rules apply to them too... apparently.

Re: Telstra tech. scam.

serendipityricho — Tue, 13 Jan 2015 06:15:20 GMT

Hi Katy ...Grandmoon--even the real calls from smelstra are a pain.

Have a $20.00 per month mobile pnone -gets used to take calls and make a few.

--Dont send or read messages.

Every few months i get the call-just checking if you are happy with the service

and cah we offer anything else.

Yep- please stop sending me messages-i need someone techno savvy

to read them for me.

Now problem -will fix that now.---last messages were-Merry Xmas -then happy new year

from smelstra--this has been going on for years .lol.......................................Richo.

Re: Telstra tech. scam.

kopenhagen5 — Tue, 13 Jan 2015 06:18:35 GMT

Last time I said to the caller, So there is a problem with my computer? and they replied YES, turn it off now.

I answered, "Well that's amazing, because we don't have a computer". (kinda true, only laptops):smileyvery-happy:

Telemarketer said, sorry sorry and hung up. Never had those types again.

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cmcoins2000 — Tue, 13 Jan 2015 06:24:07 GMT

@bushies.girl wrote:
Are you on the do not call register?

Hi Bushie.

The do not call register does not cover this kind of call.

Been on it for years & still get the calls.

Because these are usually asian calls they do it through Skype so Telstra or whoever do not pick it up.

I usually ask them to hold on.

Leave for a while - go back - tell them I am still working on it.

Leave again - on arrival back they are usually gone - slow but get the message.

Re: Telstra tech. scam.

katymatey* — Tue, 13 Jan 2015 06:37:01 GMT

They are such dropkicks. Although some must get taken in, or the scammers wouldn't bother. 😞

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this-one-time-at-bandcamp — Tue, 13 Jan 2015 06:40:05 GMT

I get calls from an outfit called consumer services, telling me that I should use them to keep my credit card clean. I started using a coach's whistle to give them an earful, but they continued.............now I've graduated to an air horn.

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bushies.girl — Tue, 13 Jan 2015 06:44:45 GMT

Thats true Helen, we dont get many these days, used to get heaps

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gleee58 — Tue, 13 Jan 2015 07:04:10 GMT

@j*oono wrote:
It doesn't matter if you are on the do not call register because scammers ignore it 😄

If it really was Telstra then they can call you if you are a customer anyway, unless you tell them that you don't want their calls. Then the register rules apply to them too... apparently.

The toddler is more than happy to take the calls. He just thinks he's so special when these people call him for a chat, shows them his tractors and cows then tells them about his plans for the day before saying bye bye and hanging up.

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grandmoon — Tue, 13 Jan 2015 07:13:27 GMT

@kopenhagen5 wrote:
Last time I said to the caller, So there is a problem with my computer? and they replied YES, turn it off now.

I answered, "Well that's amazing, because we don't have a computer". (kinda true, only laptops):smileyvery-happy:

Telemarketer said, sorry sorry and hung up. Never had those types again.

When I told a telemarker that I didn't have a computer he replied "But madam everyone has a computer"

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bushies.girl — Tue, 13 Jan 2015 08:10:56 GMT

Try telling them yuo dont own a mobile ph, which dont lol

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aps1080 — Tue, 13 Jan 2015 08:16:41 GMT

Oh yes, you can have such fun with some of these calls.

And if it all gets too much, you can just hang up LOL

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zanadoo_56 — Tue, 13 Jan 2015 09:07:43 GMT

@kopenhagen5 wrote:
Last time I said to the caller, So there is a problem with my computer? and they replied YES, turn it off now.

I answered, "Well that's amazing, because we don't have a computer". (kinda true, only laptops):smileyvery-happy:

Telemarketer said, sorry sorry and hung up. Never had those types again.

At least yours said sorry.

Not to long ago I had similar calls from 'Telstra' (ha) about my computer internet connection. I had a computer. OK...but I hadn't yet got connected to the internet. (I was surfing it for free at the library). The supposed Telstra employee had an Indian accent so thick I found it hard to understand what he was saying. I did however get the bit where he told me his name was Trevor! I don't think so......

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zanadoo_56 — Tue, 13 Jan 2015 09:10:11 GMT

@this-one-time-at-bandcamp wrote:
I get calls from an outfit called consumer services, telling me that I should use them to keep my credit card clean. I started using a coach's whistle to give them an earful, but they continued.............now I've graduated to an air horn.

Just wondering......

And if that ceases to work, what's next????

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aps1080 — Tue, 13 Jan 2015 09:13:34 GMT

To real PITA cold callers, Tell them that you are going to come round and what you will do to them.
They hang up pretty quickly and THEY take you off the list.

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grandmoon — Tue, 13 Jan 2015 09:53:16 GMT

@aps1080 wrote:
Oh yes, you can have such fun with some of these calls.

And if it all gets too much, you can just hang up LOL

I had one and he started off by telling me I was going to get a cheaper rate on my local calls as I was such a good payer. I started to ask him where he got that information from, I just kept asking him the question which he wasn't answering in the end he said he couldn't talk to me any longer as I was TOO CONFRONTATIONALIST and he hung up on me. How rude of him.