Well at least with the NBN rollout basically done I haven’t heard from “Nicole from NBN” saying my phone is going to be cut off if I don’t do something in a while.
Whats needed is a simple way to report “the last call to this line was a scam” so the calls can be traced back to their source along with a legislated requirement to follow the call trail back to its source. I get several calls like this a day from “Telstra NBN”, “Mastercard Visa”, “E-Bay and suspicious iPhone purchase”, etc. It’s so common that my wife looks at the caller-id and says “It’s your girlfriend calling again” from the number of times Nichole called. Unfortunately I need to field calls from unknown numbers for new members for Scouts, etc. I’ve even had them callback and ask why I hung up on them. They really don’t like it when I call the “crooks”, “criminals”, “scammers” etc. Mark > On 18 Feb 2021, at 21:50, Tim Dooley <[email protected]> wrote: > > While telecom companies such as Telstra are required to limit outbound calls > from their SIP Trunks (ensuring you own the number you're trying to present), > there are "IT" companies which offer SIP trunks without being a telco, this > means they do not have to follow the same guidelines. > > Just 2 days ago I became aware of a scammer presenting a school's main number > on outbound calls, being part of the team supporting the schools phone system > I can guarantee the system wasn't hacked at all. > There was no traffic from the school's phone system to Telstra during the > time of the scam calls, however plenty of angry people were calling back > yelling at the admin staff. > > so basically yes, a VoIP seller (yet not an official telco) putting zero > security on the calling number. > > Cheers, > Tim > > From: AusNOG <[email protected]> on behalf of Darren Moss > <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, 18 February 2021 3:45 PM > To: Bradley Amm <[email protected]>; AusNOG Mailing List <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [AusNOG] "Telstra" scammers > > How are they making calls into AU mobile networks ? > > Surely they need a SIP service as a starting point. > > Is it a VoIP seller not performing checks ?? > > > Darren. > > > From: AusNOG [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Bradley Amm > Sent: Thursday, 18 February 2021 3:42 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [AusNOG] "Telstra" scammers > > Unfortunately not a lot can be done > I had a similar call today. Just blocked the numbers. > Probably a spoofed number as well > > > From: AusNOG <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Kai > Sent: Thursday, 18 February 2021 12:34 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [AusNOG] "Telstra" scammers > > Just had a scam call from a female operator, called from "0432 594 523" > (probably a spoofed number), says her name is Selina from Telstra, that my > modem has a virus. She gave her Telstra staff ID as C0527 (that's not a real > Telstra staff ID, it starts with a 0 and it's too short) and hung up when I > asked what her Team Leader or Manager's name and staff ID is. > > So the "Telstra scammers" are still out there, trying to scam people. > Parasites. > > Sent from my smartphone. > _______________________________________________ > AusNOG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.ausnog.net/mailman/listinfo/ausnog -- Mark Andrews, ISC 1 Seymour St., Dundas Valley, NSW 2117, Australia PHONE: +61 2 9871 4742 INTERNET: [email protected] _______________________________________________ AusNOG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ausnog.net/mailman/listinfo/ausnog
