Scam calls

[davidc4430]

anyone else getting an increase in obvious indian calls from telstra?

ive had 4 in 3 days!

i had Ally Smith today. thats the name she gave when i asked for her full name as i told her i was going to ring telstra to see if she really worked for them.

then the line went dead! LOL

[davidc4430]

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@imastawka wrote:

David, daughter tells them she works from home and charges $100 an hour.

And then asks them for their credit card number.

They hang up PDQ

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is there anyone who they havent called yet?

i get them a lot, so you would think my number would be deleted as a waste of effort.

it would only work on people who have never been called before i would think, cant be many of those.

[freddie*rooster]

David grrrr did you tell them to ring me?

They caught me I answered thinking it

was a call from someone I know (private number)

as soon as I said hello they hung up.

[kopenhagen5]

Might just have been wrong number freddie.

I get a few of those every year on my mobile.

[freddie*rooster]

Kopes I could hear the scammers in the background

i've had similar calls where they hang up. 

Also you are a wonderful son caring for your

Mum. 

[davidc4430]

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@freddie*rooster wrote:

David grrrr did you tell them to ring me?

They caught me I answered thinking it

was a call from someone I know (private number)

as soon as I said hello they hung up.

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wasnt me, they musta just got lucky.

at least they hung up first with you LOL

i have to make an effort to annoy them into hanging up first.

[davidc4430]

Scam call threatening elderly with arrest warrant, legal action from the 'ATO'

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-04-23/scam-call-threatens-arrest-warrant-legal-action-ato/9686796

[twyngwyn]

I am on the 'DO NOT CALL REGISTER" and still have idiots ring me....If in the mood I just play with them now....ask them for their number as I'm busy, or ask them to hang on & put the phone on the bench....walk away...at least then they are waiting and the line is busy, so someone else is not copping it....so fed up with it!

[davidc4430]

the do not call register only works inside australia unfortunately.

plus charities and political parties are exempt.

but like you sometimes i mess with them but i need to be in the mood.

mostly i just leave the phone on top of the radio with talk back on.

[whiznumber6]

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@davidc4430 wrote:

Scam call threatening elderly with arrest warrant, legal action from the 'ATO'

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-04-23/scam-call-threatens-arrest-warrant-legal-action-ato/9686796

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Yes, they're common. For a giggle, I rang the number - Sydney number, but immediately redirected to an off-shore number, an exceptionally foreign voice answered "Australian Taxation Office"; I introduced myself as an Australian Federal Police officer. Usually, that gets an immediate hang-up. This guy must have heard it before, because he straight away asked for a badge number - which I was able to give him. Then I asked if this would be a convenient time to talk to him about offences under the Telecommunications Act.

THAT produced a hang-up!

[davidc4430]

i got another 'i'm from the technical dept of telstra call at 9am this morning, just now realised the phone was still on top of the radio.

i wonder if he tried redialing?lol