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06-12-2006, 07:28 PM | #1 | |||
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Hey guys, hoping anyone can shed some light on this. I've been a victim of this same phenomenon for 2 weeks now.
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It's a huge pain, and I'm wondering if anyone else has been the victim of this, or could shed some light on what it is, or what it could be. I beleive that it is the result of an automated service as when you answer, it's blank and hangs up after a second. I'd love to know how my number was chosen as a victim... |
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06-12-2006, 07:37 PM | #2 | |||
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Interesting. I got called a couple of times on Friday from that number. The people on the end of the phone said they were from Optus and wanted to offer me a cheap deal on home line rental.
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06-12-2006, 07:43 PM | #3 | ||
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Hmm, Could be a Warrandyte thing :
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06-12-2006, 07:48 PM | #4 | ||
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This was happening a few months back, number would ring except only a few times before you got a chance to answer it. If you called back you were charged at some ridiculous rate. There were 20-30 numbers from memory
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06-12-2006, 10:20 PM | #5 | |||
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06-12-2006, 11:02 PM | #6 | ||
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Yeah, few months ago same thing happened to me but on my mobile. Left voicemail messages aswell in an accent i can't quite place, was from a different number though.
I did the same thing (called from work ) and was an automated message. The stupid thing is when i rang my mobile provider they wouldnt re-issue my funds lost calling the voicemail.... Scammers win again. |
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06-12-2006, 11:22 PM | #7 | |||
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07-12-2006, 01:52 AM | #8 | ||
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Do a search for the other thread cause it had alot of info posted on this including all the numbers that people from the forum were rung from.
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07-12-2006, 07:19 AM | #9 | ||||
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This seems to be happening alot I always get phone calls from unknown numbers but most of them are when i'm in classes so I can't answer it. I always say "If it is something important whoever rang will ring back" I have stuck by that and nothing has happened....
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07-12-2006, 09:03 AM | #10 | ||
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I hate it when you get called by some drunk (or whatever) arsewipe and hes dialed the wrong number in his drunken stupor.
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07-12-2006, 10:42 PM | #11 | |||
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07-12-2006, 11:13 PM | #12 | |||
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07-12-2006, 11:18 PM | #13 | ||
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well my old line of . ( so what are you wearing ) ?? doesnt quite cut it anymore with a computor.
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08-12-2006, 04:11 AM | #14 | |||
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*I apologise for the racist nature of the tirade that follows. He had a European/Turk/Leb although probably 2nd Gen Aussie accent (I dont know what it was exactly). He asks to speak with some cumquat, cant remember the name. I said, 'who, nah mate, **** wrong number dude'. He took offence to my attitude at 2am. So I asked him about his sub woofers. He tells me Im a **** sucking dog. I said to him, thats funny bro, thats what I said to your sister. He stops for a few seconds, nothing to say, then he says I dont have a sister. lol. So I start carrying on in my best Westy 2nd gen Euro accent, 'bro, I just spent $20,000 on my fully sic dwift car car bro, turbo, big zorst, riding low on 18"s, big wing, full body kit, lowered, fully sic subs bro, then I find out hes only a front wheel drive'. Click. : |
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08-12-2006, 09:05 AM | #15 | ||
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Don't know if this is the same scam...
http://www.fordforums.com.au/showthread.php?t=53586 http://www.fordforums.com.au/showthread.php?t=52899 BE ALERT... IT IS HAPPENING... The scammers* call the mobile then hang up before it is answered. The scammer then relies on the curiosity of the phone owner to call the number back to find out who was calling. If the number is called a recorded message tells the caller that they have won a prize and/or they are directed to phone a 1902 number which has a call rate of around $3 per minute. Numbers that have been identified as belonging to these phone scammers include: 02 8404 2207 02 8404 2235 02 8404 2215 02 8404 2296 02 8404 2216 02 8219 0500 02 8303 8320 03 8102 9565 03 8558 0556 03 8558 1441 03 8558 1442 03 8558 1443 03 8558 1444 03 8558 1445 03 8558 1446 03 8558 1447 03 9540 2950 03 9540 5101 03 9540 5189 If you receive a call from one of these numbers do not call back. There is no prize, just a hefty bill. If someone calls you and you're not available chances are they'll leave a message saying who they are and why they're calling. * apparently the scammers are actually a registered Australian marketing company & are not doing anything illegal so there is nothing the ACCC can do to stop them. Cheers Darran
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08-12-2006, 10:37 AM | #16 | ||
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I wouldnt be calling it a 2nd Gen EURO accent mate, because thats Implying that the Italians/Greeks/Maltese/ are still the perpatrators of such ways of speaking.
In reality, its the Lebo, and arab crowds that are the majority use this shocking fulli sik way of speaking these days.... and Lebanon is not a euro country, its an ARAB nation... |
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08-12-2006, 11:39 AM | #17 | |||
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08-12-2006, 11:22 PM | #18 | |||
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The accent didnt offend me, it never would. However it was just after the Cronulla bull5hit. So he hears mine, I hear his, and the rest is history. I was merely pointing it out for context. I dont know where he was from, his English was fine, as good as many 6th or 7th generation Anglo Aussies (which is mediocre anyway). He just had that accent thrown in. It simply puts the events into perspective. I still laugh about it now. |
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