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cods Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 88048	telstra scam Nov 13^th, 2015 at 9:33am has anyone heard of a phishing "telstra" email being sent around????.....my son in law got one....he checked with telstra and they told him what was going on.....just letting you know.. in case you receive one telling you you have been overcharged....
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greggerypeccary Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 139523 Gender:	Re: telstra scam Reply #1 - Nov 13^th, 2015 at 9:41am http://www.news.com.au/technology/online/fake-bills-sent-to-tens-of-thousands-of... https://www.telstra.com.au/support/category/email/manage/phishing-or-hoax-email-...
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Ex Dame Pansi Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 24168	Re: telstra scam Reply #2 - Nov 13^th, 2015 at 6:03pm I got a phone call from the ATO, the nice Indian man said if you don't call this number you will be executed lol
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Reply #3 - Nov 13^th, 2015 at 6:21pm

Ex Dame Pansi wrote on Nov 13^th, 2015 at 6:03pm:

I got a phone call from the ATO, the nice Indian man said if you don't call this number you will be executed lol

Evident fake ATO call. That was not the ATO. The ATO bankrupt you, garrot you and sell your cadaver for body parts. They don't phone you, they phone your relatives as a warning.

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Reply #4 - Nov 13^th, 2015 at 6:45pm

I've had about half a dozen tax scam calls in the past 6 months.

They leave a message on the answering machine since we never answer calls unless we know who it is.

The last one was at 6:45am on a Wednesday morning a few weeks ago. Said they were acting on behalf of the ATO and there was a warrant out for my arrest (they never say my actual name, of course) and I had to call a certain number to "make it go away". It was an 02 number but I bet it wasn't from Sydney. Cheesy

I always laugh because my tax return was done in July. And, I got my refund a few weeks later.

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____ Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 33410 Australia Gender:	Re: telstra scam Reply #5 - Nov 13^th, 2015 at 6:56pm I've got millions coming from a Nigerian gold mine. Woo Hoo !
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Reply #6 - Nov 14^th, 2015 at 7:12am

I was scammed by someone claiming to be from Microsoft...when it all settled down my daughter rang microsoft and they said we never call our customers....ho hum..I did get my money back but the person selling was so well shall we say... so good...how can people live with themselves....???...to be able to talk lies and tell someone the roof will fall if they dont do such and such... is a terrible thing to do..conned by a phone call... creeps.

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Reply #7 - Nov 14^th, 2015 at 7:39am

cods wrote on Nov 14^th, 2015 at 7:12am:

I was scammed by someone claiming to be from Microsoft...when it all settled down my daughter rang microsoft and they said we never call our customers....ho hum..I did get my money back but the person selling was so well shall we say... so good...how can people live with themselves....???...to be able to talk lies and tell someone the roof will fall if they dont do such and such... is a terrible thing to do..conned by a phone call... creeps.

At one stage, I was getting these calls weekly. They are based in India judging by the accents. I asked Telstra to monitor incoming calls, but they were using VOIP, so they were untraceable. I used to vary it a bit. One time, I asked the caller if her mother knew she was involved in criminal activity. She hung up. The same person called two days later. I said "how are you today? We spoke earlier in the week. If you remember, I asked you what it was like being a criminal." She replied - Oh yes I remember. You were the one with the bullshit. Then she hung up.

If you ever get a call from somebody reporting to be from Telstra, just ask for a reference number. Say that you'll call Telstra when you are not so busy. If it's the real Telstra, they won't have a problem.

The problem is that whenever I get a real call from a bank, I tend to be overly suspicious. I ask them to prove who they say they are, and usually call them back on the correct number.

I never pay for anything on the phone. It's too risky.

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Reply #8 - Nov 14^th, 2015 at 7:49am

John_Taverner wrote on Nov 14^th, 2015 at 7:39am:

cods wrote on Nov 14^th, 2015 at 7:12am:

I was scammed by someone claiming to be from Microsoft...when it all settled down my daughter rang microsoft and they said we never call our customers....ho hum..I did get my money back but the person selling was so well shall we say... so good...how can people live with themselves....???...to be able to talk lies and tell someone the roof will fall if they dont do such and such... is a terrible thing to do..conned by a phone call... creeps.

At one stage, I was getting these calls weekly. They are based in India judging by the accents. I asked Telstra to monitor incoming calls, but they were using VOIP, so they were untraceable. I used to vary it a bit. One time, I asked the caller if her mother knew she was involved in criminal activity. She hung up. The same person called two days later. I said "how are you today? We spoke earlier in the week. If you remember, I asked you what it was like being a criminal." She replied - Oh yes I remember. You were the one with the bullshit. Then she hung up.

If you ever get a call from somebody reporting to be from Telstra, just ask for a reference number. Say that you'll call Telstra when you are not so busy. If it's the real Telstra, they won't have a problem.

The problem is that whenever I get a real call from a bank, I tend to be overly suspicious. I ask them to prove who they say they are, and usually call them back on the correct number.

I never pay for anything on the phone. It's too risky.

yes you are so right....never never ever.. in fact I am getting myself one of those Post Office visa cards...that way I can rip any money out before they get a chance....the man I got was Australian had he been Indian I would have hung up...lol.. the telstra one was via email...all very legit looking of course...

I am getting where I am afraid to open things..if I dont know them I dont...how bad is that! Angry

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Reply #9 - Nov 14^th, 2015 at 8:17am

John_Taverner wrote on Nov 14^th, 2015 at 7:39am:

At one stage, I was getting these calls weekly

so was I ... when they asked me what operating system I use, I told them to tell me, after all, I had registered it with them when i bought it. She tried to tell me that was another department so I told her to phone them instead. Cheesy

with another call I put my 3 year old on the phone and told him to tell the person on the phone all about his day at pre school. I don't know how long they stayed on for, but the little man was still going strong 10 minutes later Grin

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Muttley Senior Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 483	Re: telstra scam Reply #10 - Nov 14^th, 2015 at 8:28am Now that last bit is funny Jack.
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Reply #11 - Nov 14^th, 2015 at 8:33am

I actually got up one of their snouts one time.

At the time I was getting sick of all the bloody calls from Indian/Pakistani accented scammers.

Anyway I let loose with a couple of minutes of my worst swearing and racist comments called him a curry munching camel fvcker etc and hung up. It must have upset him as he called back swearing at me so I gave him a bigger serve of worse swearing etc.

Pissed myself laughing afterwards Grin

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Reply #12 - Nov 14^th, 2015 at 12:06pm

Redmond Neck wrote on Nov 14^th, 2015 at 8:33am:

I actually got up one of their snouts one time.

At the time I was getting sick of all the bloody calls from Indian/Pakistani accented scammers.

Anyway I let loose with a couple of minutes of my worst swearing and racist comments called him a curry munching camel fvcker etc and hung up. It must have upset him as he called back swearing at me so I gave him a bigger serve of worse swearing etc.

Pissed myself laughing afterwards Grin

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