Bizarre Emails, SMSs and Phone Calls.

[bubs]

Things are getting stranger by the hour.

Just got a call from a number almost exactly the same as mine. Say my mobile number ends in 000 - this one ended in 063.

Did a search for the number and it came up as Salam Driving School based in Bonnyrigg, NSW.

Strange as I live in Melbourne and have held a driver's licence since 1975.

These are done also by Indian scammers spoofing (faking) a phone number. The intent here is for you to answer the phone as the number seems similar to you, or an attempt to fool you thinking it's an Australia number, instead of obviously being an international number with about 5 more digits in the number. Ringing back these numbers also may result in you inadvertently ringing a premium number, being billed per minute. Yet another type of scam.

 

[The Silverdale Phantom]

Thanks for the heads up. I don't do any bank transactions via the internet so there's one problem sorted.

I don’t either, but the bank is a scammer in its own right!

 

[Generalzod]

i got one of these calls the other day from Amazon, I decided to play along with them asked what do I need to rectify this issue will google gift cards be sufficient lol.

 

[YoHadrian]

Look up Kitboga, ScammerPayback, Scambaiter & Trilogy Media on youtube for some amazing & hilarious getting scammers back. These people are human flotsam.

 

[Generalzod]

Look up Kitboga, ScammerPayback, Scambaiter & Trilogy Media on youtube for some amazing & hilarious getting scammers back. These people are human flotsam.

Kitboga is awesome..

 

[The Lounge Lizard]

Kitboga is awesome..

Kitboga sounds like a tray of kitty litter.

 

[YoHadrian]

Kitboga is awesome..

WHY ARE YOU REDEEMING !!!!!!!

 

[Generalzod]

WHY ARE YOU REDEEMING !!!!!!!

It's awesome how he uses those fake google card numbers, they go off their rocker when they realise that they been played.

 

[Parra]

An old premium number scam was the fake courier. They would go to a multi occupancy high rise in the city with a package, when it was the wrong company the "courier" would ask the receptionist if they could phone their head office to sort it out as the documents were urgent etc.. They then ring the premium number and place the receiver so it is doesn't really hang up. Say thanks, get the lift to the next reception and repeat. Pretty low risk / low tech approach.

 

[ALX25]

Getting hammered with text messages and phone calls today. All scams.