Thread: Telstra Phone Calls- Scam warning

For some reason I'm getting lots of texts "your package has arrived, click the link below to arrange delivery" and phonecalls from Telstra' recently.

With the 'package has arrived' you only have to look at the link address to realise it's a scam.
The 'Telstra' calls are always from a very noisy call centre. I asked today where in India he was based and the rude ***** hung up on me !

Blocking several numbers per week at present.

The scary thing is they must have some success otherwise they wouldn't be doing it !


Colin

Same here as well as SWMBO all sorts of different attempts to scam you to click their links and enter your details. My annoying calls increased significantly after I was foolish enough to put a (supposedly concealed) phone number on Gumtree in Feb when selling a car.

Regards,
Tote

Originally Posted by gromit

For some reason I'm getting lots of texts "your package has arrived, click the link below to arrange delivery" and phonecalls from Telstra' recently.

With the 'package has arrived' you only have to look at the link address to realise it's a scam.
The 'Telstra' calls are always from a very noisy call centre. I asked today where in India he was based and the rude ***** hung up on me !

Blocking several numbers per week at present.

The scary thing is they must have some success otherwise they wouldn't be doing it !


Colin

Every day last week been receiving text messages about a missed call voice message wanting me to load an app to listen to the message but my call list dose not show any missed calls. Been blocking them all week & today had four. All the numbers end in one number from the previous I received.

Originally Posted by 1950landy

Every day last week been receiving text messages about a missed call voice message wanting me to load an app to listen to the message but my call list dose not show any missed calls. Been blocking them all week & today had four. All the numbers end in one number from the previous I received.

Yep, I've been getting those all week.

Pretty obvious because voicemails don't go to websites.

Originally Posted by Arapiles

Yep, I've been getting those all week.

Pretty obvious because voicemails don't go to websites.

I have been receiving them for 2 weeks
I’ve been replying with a text telling them to **** off in very crude manor
I think it has got them going as I received 10 over the weekend

The phone numbers are all completely different from each other

My nephew got the parcel tracking a couple of weeks ago and opened the link (he said it looked legitimate and he was waiting for a parcel) all hi contacts with android phones kept getting random texts from him
Every one with an iPhone got none

There was a security update from apple for my 5s last week.

Originally Posted by Arapiles

Yep, I've been getting those all week.

Pretty obvious because voicemails don't go to websites.

Got a few more over the weekend. My son in law told me to block all numbers that are not in my contact list , that would be OK except I have been trying to find a landscaper that will call back for last year & if I block all numbers I will never find anyone , even the ones that have contacted me never turn up to see what we want done.

Originally Posted by Gav 110

I have been receiving them for 2 weeks
I’ve been replying with a text telling them to **** off in very crude manor
I think it has got them going as I received 10 over the weekend

Yep, you confirmed to them that there's a real person at the end of that phone number.