They seem to listen for common greetings, I typically answer stating my name, and it doesn't trigger, it just hangs up after a few seconds.
Jamie -- Jamie Lovick <-> IT Consultant AU <-> +61-4-1479-1681 US <-> +1-8018-4-52643 (JAMIE) Em <-> [email protected] On Sat, Feb 26, 2022, 1:58 PM Matthew Moyle-Croft <[email protected]> wrote: > A lot of auto-dialers listen for that and will mark you as a fax machine > and take your number out of the pool. Also will normally be a short call so > to Rob’s point it’ll get marked. > > Last one I talked to I just said “Do you really want to do this?” and they > hung up immediately on me. > > MMC > > On 24 Feb 2022, at 6:41 pm, Damien Gardner Jnr <[email protected]> > wrote: > > I just answer all calls and say nothing. Actual legit people can’t take > the silence and go ‘Uhhh hello?’ Scammers think they hit voicemail or > something and hangup at the 4 second mark. > > I answer easy 10 calls a day, 9 of them hang up at 4 seconds. > > —DG > > On Thu, 24 Feb 2022 at 7:10 pm, Rob Thomas <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Can I *please* encourage everyone to answer any suspicious call, wait >> a few seconds, and then hang up. This does a couple of things. >> >> 1. It tells us (the carriers) that it's a suspicious call. We have >> reports on short-length calls, and if one of our clients is making 10k >> calls a day, of which 80% are 2 seconds long, that rings many MANY >> alarm bells. >> 2. Even if it's a carrier who is fast asleep, they're still going to >> charge the scammer for an answered call. No-one's getting free calls, >> no matter who they're dealing with. Answering the call, even for a few >> seconds, means it's costing them money. >> >> If it's NOT a scam call, and it's a real person, they'll call back. If >> it's a scam call, the auto-dialler will mark it as 'scammed', and move >> on to the next person. >> >> Feel free to share this around - this isn't rocket science, but if >> people don't know, they're not going to do it. >> >> tl;dr: Answer the scam call, wait 2 seconds at least, hang up. >> >> --Rob >> >> >> On Thu, 24 Feb 2022 at 12:58, Kai <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> > Just got a call on "0432 383 486" from "Alex Watson from Telstra, about >> > critical warning messages seen from my account recently". >> > Alex had a moderate Indian accent. >> > >> > I asked for his Telstra staff ID and he hung up. Hahaa. >> > >> > Just hope the next person they call doesn't think it's legit and end up >> > scammed. >> > _______________________________________________ >> > AusNOG mailing list >> > [email protected] >> > https://lists.ausnog.net/mailman/listinfo/ausnog >> _______________________________________________ >> AusNOG mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.ausnog.net/mailman/listinfo/ausnog >> > -- > > Damien Gardner Jnr > VK2TDG. Dip EE. GradIEAust > [email protected] - http://www.rendrag.net/ > -- > We rode on the winds of the rising storm, > We ran to the sounds of thunder. > We danced among the lightning bolts, > and tore the world asunder > _______________________________________________ > AusNOG mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.ausnog.net/mailman/listinfo/ausnog > > > _______________________________________________ > AusNOG mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.ausnog.net/mailman/listinfo/ausnog >
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