<sarcastic voice> Oh really I hadn't realised that <sarcastic voice ends>They make money if some naive or not oriented people click on the blue links and supply their data ....
If there will be no response ...the scammers will not be sending them...
So, awerness is very important...
I ported my second phone from TPG (Vodafone) to Woolworths (Telstra) this week. I had not had a scam call or message on the TPG service for many months but now it is with Telstra I am getting around 2 calls per day. Clearly the scammers have access to number movements, just like when I arrive back in Sydney from OS and as soon as I turn on my main phone I immediately start receiving scam numbers calling. I have no idea what goes on behind the scene but I am suspicious of the co-incidences.I am getting heaps of calls in the last 2 weeks
Clearly someone has my data
i also got this one at 5:16pm today - different ID number, but also with attachment. deleted too.I just received an e-mail, supposedly from OPTUS, with this heading. Now deleted.
We rejected your last payment Ref#[ID 6891327786473647327] | fraud was detected read attachfile (DOCX) for more details Tue, January 16, 2024 9:12
Well, .... scaring by mentioning "fraud" looks like an improved tactic being used by scammers... Someone could panic and follow scammers instructions, open and "read the attached file"...I just received an e-mail, supposedly from OPTUS, with this heading. Now deleted.
We rejected your last payment Ref#[ID 6891327786473647327] | fraud was detected read attachfile (DOCX) for more details Tue, January 16, 2024 9:12
Almost one year ago I and my wife moved our mobile numbers from Vodafone to Optus.I ported my second phone from TPG (Vodafone) to Woolworths (Telstra) this week. I had not had a scam call or message on the TPG service for many months but now it is with Telstra I am getting around 2 calls per day. Clearly the scammers have access to number movements, just like when I arrive back in Sydney from OS and as soon as I turn on my main phone I immediately start receiving scam numbers calling. I have no idea what goes on behind the scene but I am suspicious of the co-incidences.
That’s going to be coincidental if you kept the same number, once you’re on one of the many lists it takes years to drop off.Almost one year ago I and my wife moved our mobile numbers from Vodafone to Optus.
Number of call from scummers dropped from 2-3 per week to about just one.
Very likely.That’s going to be coincidental if you kept the same number, once you’re on one of the many lists it takes years to drop off.
Geez I hope not, that would make all the others unbearable!However, we are still surprised that frequency of fraud calls significantly dropped after porting our numbers from Vodafone to Optus. Maybe Optus has some facilities to discover and block the Spoofed Caller ID being used by scammers ?
I think that the reason behind the dropping frequency of the fraud calls in our case is that we do not answer calls other that:Geez I hope not, that would make all the others unbearable!
I’m with Optus and I peaked at about a dozen scam calls per day … it only started trailling-off about 6 months after I stopped answering calls from numbers I didn’t recognise.
Possibly so but I’m still unclear how hackers would have got their PayID. The whole thing is a bit weird.I do not do Marketplace or similar but had an interesting discussion with tech savvy daughter who is keen to purchase Taylor Swift tickets for her teenage son.
She relayed her recent experience which involved local Fb Community Noticeboard post. Tickets were slightly less than market value, checked seller's profile, had many friends in common, lived a few km away, kids went to same school.
She starts dialogue, all ok initially, was then asked for ticketek (?) ID and further details that she was not happy to provide. Ceased communication but kept an eye on the page.
Turns out, the legit person had her profile hacked and scammer using her Fb page.
The legit person had no idea
It's a shame that these things happen @Nemeca and I hope things work out for you but I wonder if this is possible in your instance?
Looks like a real, inviting ... and also "quite tempting"....
Missing attachmentI have earlier mentioned that some facilities to discover and block the Spoofed Caller ID being used by scammers should be developed and applied by Telcos
I am not sure about this, but in today's The Australian is interesting article about potential impact from AI.
Attached.
Scammers paradise, that place is.Bali! My goodness.
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