Telstra Scam

Papou · Senior Member

Telstra Scam

RustyD · Guru

Any call from someone claiming they are from Telstra, Microsoft, a Bank, Tax, Solar etc. is probably a scam. "Hi, my name is Bill Smith" in an Indian accent is not very convincing. If there is no number on your phone display, it IS a scam. If there is a number check it on either of these sites.

www.reverseaustralia.com
www.numberlookup.com.au

-- Edited by RustyD on Friday 23rd of June 2017 04:08:00 PM

cultana · Senior Member

RustyD wrote:
Any call from someone claiming they are from Telstra, Microsoft, a Bank, Tax, Solar etc. is probably a scam. "Hi, my name is Bill Smith" in an Indian accent is not very convincing. If there is no number on your phone display, it IS a scam. If there is a number check it on either of these sites.

www.reverseaustralia.com
www.numberlookup.com.au

-- Edited by RustyD on Friday 23rd of June 2017 04:08:00 PM

Them numbers in red will nothing you in the first place.

Solar might if they are trying to sell you something but lately this has even stopped.

I like the latest one calling to say they are from the 'department of motor vehicle accidents'.

Asked one indian caller what government was he/it representing, just got told the department of motor vehicle accidents. WOW!!

Santa · Guru

"Them numbers in red will nothing you in the first place" confuse

-- Edited by Santa on Saturday 24th of June 2017 10:06:28 AM

-- Edited by Santa on Saturday 24th of June 2017 10:07:31 AM

The Belmont Bear · Guru

Santa, just guessing here but I think cultanas auto correction has changed not ring to nothing. You have got to reread what you have written before hitting the post button unless you are able to turn it off on the device that you're using.

Santa · Guru

The Belmont Bear wrote:
Santa, just guessing here but I think cultanas auto correction has changed not ring to nothing. You have got to reread what you have written before hitting the post button unless you are able to turn it off on the device that you're using.

Makes sense.

I use MS auto correct, it highlights the word then you have the option to change or not. smile

Bushpie · Guru

Lol....I had one yesterday from the Accident information centre coz someone in the house with my phone number has had an accident recently........yeah right......I really should by a whistle.......I get a bout three a day......it certainly dosent pay to loose your jod

Izabarack · Guru

Papou wrote:
a so called tesltra Operator will ring you

So not a Telstra scam? Just a scam attempt by some scumbag using the Telstra name?

Iza

JocknNik · Senior Member

We have 'caller i.d.' on our landline. We answer no calls that we can't immediately identify. Callers who know us or are businesses we are dealing with, and who's numbers aren't in our 'phone books' must leave a message, or no contact happens either on the landline or mobiles. Saves having to deal with the three or more dud calls we get most days. We check for messages a couple of times a day, or straight away if the number seems likely to be genuine.

The Belmont Bear · Guru

We use exactly the same tactic on our mobiles as you Jock and have done so for a few years...on the landline we just let it go to the inbuilt anwering machine, the unsolicited callers will hang up as soon as the message prompt starts because they know that you aren't going to call them back. As we are able to hear the answering machine if it's someone we want to talk to we will pick it up, any recorded message that we have missed will cause a light to flash so we know when there is a new message on it. The way I look at it if callers whether I know them or not don't like talking to an answering machine and choose to hang up then the call couldn't have been that important anyhow.

Santa · Guru

We must be holding our mouth the wrong way, two mobiles in the house and never an unwanted call. confuse

RustyD · Guru

I unplugged my landline 3 months ago and use 101 message bank that I can retrieve from my mobile. As my landline is NBN, I can see a record of all the incoming calls on my computer. Only one legit call in 3 months (message left) despite somewhere from 1-6 calls per day. My 101 message is "You have called the leave a message or call one of our mobiles." About to cancel the landline. My NBN landline records suggested that wife & I get all our calls on our mobiles and only rubbish on the landline.