DO NOT CALL REGISTER

Ma · Guru

DO NOT CALL REGISTER

ChiChi1 · Guru

I received these calls three days in a row. I then somehow contracted a virus that looked and sounded like the real thing as if it had come from Microsoft. Wouldn't let me access the internet. However, luckily son was able to deal with it. I think that an ordinary person would be only too pleased to have these scammers who ring at the right time fix it for them. Don't know if the calls and the virus were connected. Alls well for me without their help.

Onedodger · Guru

I find it rather weird that you get a telephone call then a virus in your pooter.
I do not think that the two are connected unless you let them get control of your computer or you gave them your personal e mail address and accepted an e mail.

However I do think that you did the correct thing in reporting it.
But the fact is that these calls are from overseas and our laws cannot provide protection against them.
I have had these calls as well and also reported them and the above re legalities was the end result from our authorities.
Next time just hang up or play the mickey on them.

Cheers Dodg.

-- Edited by Onedodger on Monday 1st of August 2011 03:20:32 PM

jimbo · Guru

I have recieved 2 in two days.....With the most appalling English...I had a little fun with her...For a while...Felt like I was fishing again on the Murray River and Hauling in a Huge carp....Did to the carp what I would have liked too do to them Call centres...With some shocking American Accents

jules47 · The Happy Helper

I have my home phone and my mobile on the DNC register - and get very few if any of these nuisance calls - but talking of accents, had some dealings with Telstra recently, and one of the people I spoke to was in Australia, Adelaide I think, and she had an accent that was almost sing-song- I have a slight hearing problem, and found her so hard to understand, I had to keep asking her to repeat things - frustrating, was madly writing things down as I went to try and make sense of what she was saying. Probably took a lot longer than it should have, but I needed to understand what was going on.

Helena · Guru

I've had the same calls and just hang up on them, my nieghbour had the same call and she let them tell her all about her computer then in the end she calmly told them that she didn't have a computer they hung up on her. Helena.

Happywanderer · The Master

I like the neighbours trick Helena, must remember that one.

nu one · Senior Member

My Son in law is in the Provider Business and informes me that THEY ARE A LOAD OF SCAMMERS FROM INDIA So don't entertain them
Just as always I check withe the Lad first
Take care out there Nomad's

sandsmere · Guru

We are on the DNC , and do not get any of these calls .

jimricho · Guru

These people are criminals and couldn't give rat's *rse about the DNC register!

It's worth checking..http://www.scamwatch.gov.au

and http://www.scamwatch.gov.au/content/index.phtml/itemId/834379

Jim

Wombat 280 · Guru

This type of marketing/ scam are really annoying and those departments we have created at great expense seem absolutely useless at preventing it from continuing . If it's an email contact from any provider that I haven't initiated contact with I just delete. If a text then deleted if a phone call hang up the more oxygen we provide these parasites the more they grow in boldness. That don't call number is not working either I have been listed for years now and still get marketing callers on both home and mobile phones .

There's a new twist coming which seems to be accepted . It now seems that when you walk pass a department store they can scan / access your phone number and send you a text about there instore special offers. Is there nowhere to hide anymore ?

milo · Guru

i must be the odd one out, never had one of these calls,
i do get alot of calls in regards to charities, i dont like to be rude to them but just
say we already give , which we do any ways, but hey.. what do they know..

Drifters · Veteran Member

I was at a friends house recently to help him with some computer problems he was having and they were on the phone and connected to his computer after telling him they were from Microsoft and wanting to check his computer for viruses. They told him he had problems then offered him a discount for a service package to fix the issues and provide ongoing protection. They asked for his credit card details to pay for the service. I reached over and pulled the internet cable from his computer and you should have heard the abuse that came from the girl that had been very polite until then. Their scam is to check your computer for bank details etc if that fails they offer the service package and if you wont pay they destroy your computer operating system and your data or inject a virus. They cant do anything unless you give them access, but if they get in they can do whatever they like. The Federal Police are investigating them but as they are in India it is not easy to get to them.

-- Edited by Drifters on Wednesday 3rd of August 2011 12:12:02 AM

Travel Bug · Guru

Drifters wrote:
I was at a friends house recently to help him with some computer problems he was having and they were on the phone and connected to his computer after telling him they were from Microsoft and wanting to check his computer for viruses. They told him he had problems then offered him a discount for a service package to fix the issues and provide ongoing protection. They asked for his credit card details to pay for the service. I reached over and pulled the internet cable from his computer and you should have heard the abuse that came from the girl that had been very polite until then. Their scam is to check your computer for bank details etc if that fails they offer the service package and if you wont pay they destroy your computer operating system and your data or inject a virus. They cant do anything unless you give them access, but if they get in they can do whatever they like. The Federal Police are investigating them but as they are in India it is not easy to get to them.
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Drifters,

A couple of weeks ago, I saw the exact scenario that you have described outlined on "A Current Affair". They were warning people to be wary of it.

You can watch it here:

http://aca.ninemsn.com.au/investigations/8250275/call-centre-scammers

I am on the Do Not Call Register....and I also have a silent number....but I have received a few of these calls. I know several others who have also been called.

Drifters · Veteran Member

The do not call register doesnt work on these people. It only applies if someone can be charged, usually the company they are representing is charged as the call centre is untouchable. The system the criminal type use is a computer that calls every number starting with the prefix and 0000 and then 0001 etc until they get a hit. The computer scamer actually has your PCs IP address and are able to connect to it if you allow access. They are able to get information from your accounts etc on the NET to match your phone number to the IP address and that is when they call you. There is no connection to an Australian company that can be charged so they dont have to take any notice of the do not call register.