Re: [AusNOG] "Telstra" scammers

2021-03-02 Thread Robert Hudson
0433 984 895 for me, "Visa Mastercard Security Department" I asked since when Visa and Mastercard had merged. "It was this morning only" was the response. I was so shocked and amazed that this got past all the regulatory processes without making it into the news that I may have sworn at the

Re: [AusNOG] "Telstra" scammers

2021-02-21 Thread Pete Mundy
Yeah because the whole STIR/SHAKEN thing has worked so well in the US eh (no, unfortunately not!) BTW, I think BCP38 implementation may be a bit less prevalent than you think it might be for similar reasons :) No solutions offered! Just say'n... > On 21/02/2021, at 10:59 PM, Jake Anderson

Re: [AusNOG] "Telstra" scammers

2021-02-21 Thread James Murphy
: Damien Gardner Jnr > Sent: Sunday, February 21, 2021 8:05:23 PM > To: Jake Anderson > Cc: AusNOG Mailing List ; Mark Andrews ; > Tim Dooley > Subject: Re: [AusNOG] "Telstra" scammers > > At ${job-1}, we had a bunch of VOIP services at offices in AU,

Re: [AusNOG] "Telstra" scammers

2021-02-21 Thread Jake Anderson
, 18 February 2021 3:45 PM To: Bradley Amm ; AusNOG Mailing List 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. Fr

Re: [AusNOG] "Telstra" scammers

2021-02-21 Thread Bradley Amm
Sort of like a SPF for phone numbers Get Outlook for iOS<https://aka.ms/o0ukef> From: AusNOG on behalf of Jake Anderson Sent: Sunday, February 21, 2021 6:01 pm To: Mark Andrews; Tim Dooley Cc: AusNOG Mailing List Subject: Re: [AusNOG] "Telstra&quo

Re: [AusNOG] "Telstra" scammers

2021-02-21 Thread Tim Dooley
g List ; Mark Andrews ; Tim Dooley Subject: Re: [AusNOG] "Telstra" scammers At ${job-1}, we had a bunch of VOIP services at offices in AU, NZ, US, GB, IE. AU was the ONLY place where we could present ANY caller ID we wanted. Everywhere else our VOIP provider required a copy of our phone

Re: [AusNOG] "Telstra" scammers

2021-02-21 Thread Damien Gardner Jnr
em 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. > >> > >&g

Re: [AusNOG] "Telstra" scammers

2021-02-18 Thread Darren Moss
...@lists.ausnog.net] On Behalf Of James Andrewartha Sent: Friday, 19 February 2021 4:01 PM To: Mark Andrews Cc: AusNOG Mailing List Subject: Re: [AusNOG] "Telstra" scammers There is a new code (December 2020) relating to scam calls requiring carriers in the transit path to share i

Re: [AusNOG] "Telstra" scammers

2021-02-18 Thread James Andrewartha
t; 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 > >

Re: [AusNOG] "Telstra" scammers

2021-02-18 Thread Noel Butler
On 19/02/2021 06:54, Mark Andrews wrote: 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

Re: [AusNOG] "Telstra" scammers

2021-02-18 Thread Mark Andrews
> > Cheers, > Tim > > From: AusNOG on behalf of Darren Moss > > Sent: Thursday, 18 February 2021 3:45 PM > To: Bradley Amm ; AusNOG Mailing List > Subject: Re: [AusNOG] "Telstra" scammers > > How are they making calls into AU mobile networks ? >

Re: [AusNOG] "Telstra" scammers

2021-02-18 Thread Tim Dooley
8 February 2021 3:45 PM To: Bradley Amm ; AusNOG Mailing List 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

Re: [AusNOG] "Telstra" scammers

2021-02-18 Thread Jamie Lovick
Hi Slightly off topic, but when I have time to waste, I love getting those “your computer has a virus” calls. I make them wait as I “boot it up”, suggesting it’s a bit old and slow, say I’m switching on the modem, and then eventually let them know I’m ready. Let them start trying to instruct me,

Re: [AusNOG] "Telstra" scammers

2021-02-18 Thread Troy Kelly
> Probably a spoofed number as well > > From: AusNOG On Behalf Of Kai > > Sent: Thursday, 18 February 2021 12:34 PM > > To: aus...@ausnog.net > > Subject: [AusNOG] "Telstra" scammers > >   > > Just had a scam call from a female operat

Re: [AusNOG] "Telstra" scammers

2021-02-17 Thread Mark Andrews
I’m sure all DOCSIS and DSL modems are potentially capable of being infected as they are all managed. > On 18 Feb 2021, at 15:50, Guy Ellis wrote: > > I wonder what sort of a Virus a real modem can catch - I guess that would be > FSK? > > On 18/02/2021 3:34 pm, Kai wrote: >> Just had a scam

Re: [AusNOG] "Telstra" scammers

2021-02-17 Thread Guy Ellis
I wonder what sort of a Virus a real modem can catch - I guess that would be FSK? On 18/02/2021 3:34 pm, Kai wrote: 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

Re: [AusNOG] "Telstra" scammers

2021-02-17 Thread Giles Pollock
That number rings a bell, think I got the same mob a week ago thereabouts. Got a bit creative with them and probably wasted an hour of their time. Sadly they got upset when I tried to "bargain" down their service cost of $500 to something more reasonable (like three cents and a ball of string). I

Re: [AusNOG] "Telstra" scammers

2021-02-17 Thread Darren Moss
...@ausnog.net 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 On Behalf Of Kai Sent: Thursday, 18 February 2021 12:34 PM To: aus...@ausnog.net Subject: [AusNOG

Re: [AusNOG] "Telstra" scammers

2021-02-17 Thread Bradley Amm
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 On Behalf Of Kai Sent: Thursday, 18 February 2021 12:34 PM To: aus...@ausnog.net Subject: [AusNOG] "Telstra" scammers Just had a scam call fro

[AusNOG] "Telstra" scammers

2021-02-17 Thread Kai
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