Australian Telephone SCAM pretending to be eBay

[ambition1977]

Today I received a phone call on my landline. 

It was a computer generated voice like siri of a young Australian woman with the usual script of "Your card will be charged x amount, we'll ship the iPhone right away, press 1 to speak to ebay customer service if you didn't...blah blah blah."

It has to be a scam because eBay doesn't do the phone confirmation thing with purchases. In fact, I'm not even sure they have phones as I've never seen a phone number that I can call.

Anyway, just thought you should know.

[sandypebbles]

Numerous threads about it on here

They pretend to be many different 'people' too, not just eBay

So many people go right on ahead and press 1 and then wonder why they end up on many more scam caller lists

[tmjb15]

I just received the same call.  Obviously a scam.  Plus they need to update their recording as it said I had purchased an iPhone7.  A bit out of date isn't it!

Actually I'm sure eBay does not even have my landline number on file.

If eBay has an IT Scammer division I recorder the incoming number although I doubt it would be anything traceable.

Meanwhile I guess we just put up with it and hang up on those calls.