Phone scammers find new ways to trick Aussies
One in 10 Australians are being bombarded with an avalanche of nuisance calls from potential scammers, a new survey has found.
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One in 10 Australians are being bombarded with an avalanche of nuisance calls from potential scammers, a new survey has found.
If you get a phone call and the caller asks if you can hear her, what would you say? Most people would answer the question. But these kinds recorded calls are still making the rounds, targeting unsuspecting victims who don't know any better and give an answer. That's all the crooks want so they can later use a…
02082135196 Phoned our landline. We are ex directory, and with TPS.
A recorded female voice, said it is Amazon, That I was in danger of losing my account. Something about £77.99, and to 'press one.'( I don't have a Amazon account).
The other day, we received 6 calls, all from different numbers in the period of a couple of hours. All silent calls.
Useful report sites, ICO https://ico.org.uk/make-a-complaint/nuisance-calls-and-messages/ Ofcom https://www.ofcom.org.uk/phones-telecoms-and-internet/advice-for-consumers/problems/tackling-nuisance-calls-and-messages/abandoned-and-silent-calls