Strange phone calls

[boa]

The last few days have been getting phone calls on land line. Phone rings use to scam calls. But this is different pick up hand set nothing for 2 to 3 seconds then female voice recorded says good buy. Use to most scams and treatment is normally get ****ed. Anyone else getting these. It is my dad's phone and he needs it for emergencies. He will not use a mobile etc. So limited options. Possibly checking if people are home etc.

[JayBoRover]

Yeah, we've been getting those for ages. I think it's an automated dialling system and the "foreign" person is supposed to open the connection when a successful connection is made. I guess sometimes the huge room full of foreign persons is too busy annoying the crap out of others and no-one can pick up the call to you in time before the automated dialler disconnects - "beep, goodbye".

[Roverlord off road spares]

I've been getting calls to my mobile and before I can answer they hang up, after 3 separate days, I got an email from Optus saying they have been trying to call me on my mobiles and if I could do a survey via email.
Probably only ring a couple of seconds and hang up expecting me to phone back and pay for the call

[Greatsouthernland]

Yep. Marketing calls started again after a few months peace :(

Got a missed call from this WEIRD # yesterday

+25316240

Thought that's interesting, so rang it and got a recorded message saying the number doesn't exist :confused:

[87County]

Tha "calling number" can be set to show any number the caller wants to by computer software . This has caused real problems for police investigating abusive calls.

[vnx205]

Yesterday I got the one from a foreign gentleman claiming to be from Telstra saying something about traffic on my computer..

I went along with the call for a little while because I was curious. When I eventually told him I was using Linux as my OS and the key strokes he was telling me to use did nothing, he hung up without even saying goodbye.

[Don 130]

They're probably from overseas, so talk to your phone provider and get your overseas calls suspended for a while.
Don.

[Eevo]

Yesterday I got the one from a foreign gentleman claiming to be from Telstra saying something about traffic on my computer..

I went along with the call for a little while because I was curious. When I eventually told him I was using Linux as my OS and the key strokes he was telling me to use did nothing, he hung up without even saying goodbye.

set up a honey pot
reverse hack
listen to the terror in his voice as you take over his pc