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    Quote Originally Posted by Roverlord off road spares View Post
    I have never had so many emails from businesses based in China trying to get up trade partnership as of late. that' annoying enough but the constant phone calls from scammers threatening to cut off my nbn.

    This afternoon the again rang my mobile it was a robotic call I normally just hang up, but today I was going to play them . The recorded robot message gave me options to speak to account or a technician.
    I selected option 1 speak to accounts.
    a very strong accented male answered and started to threaten my disconnection of the nbn.
    I told him to stop ringing me as dont have internet'.
    He just continued his spiel, and then asked my bank details, name of bank
    to that I replied "Bank of India
    Then he got upset , called me a son of a bitch and hung upon me.
    how does he know if l had or didn't have a Bank of India bank account.
    i found that very rude of him
    I certainly wont be giving my Swiss bank account number when he rings again.
    1/2 hr later he rang from a different number
    I would be quite happy if my NBN got cut off & they gave me back ADSL at least then I would have internet for 24 hr's a day instead of if I am lucky 6hr's in 24.

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    Quote Originally Posted by p38arover View Post
    We no longer get such calls - since we unplugged the house phone. We only use our mobiles now.
    We are getting just as many on the mobile , missed call but did not leave a message , house phone or mobile if there is no name on it does not get answered .

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    For about 2 weeks I was plagued with calls from the USA. Always the call not answered and no message left. The area code kept changing to different parts of the USA. What made it worse was they were not bright enough to realize there was a time difference between there and the UK

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    My wife keeps getting calls from different Solar Company's with a Quote always for a Jxx Daxxx who get's his jollies being a serial pest through a 3rd party, been going on for couple of years now. They get her contact details from one of the many solar quote providers who find between 3 & 10 quotes. Once a month she will get between 3 to 10 calls over 3 or 4 days. We keep telling these Co's that there is no JD at this address & to stop calling. Telstra told me how to stop it by changing her phone number but my wife suffers from anxiety & dispersion & she thinks this will cause her more stress. We are on the do not call register but because these Co's have been provided a contact number we can't put in a complaint . It's a bit of a Catch 22 situation , wait for all the solar providers to get the message or change her number , booth causing her lots of stress. The only people who know her number are our immediately family , couple of friends & this JD who ever he is, she only has the phone for emergencies , If we need to give anyone a number we give them mine & if they need to talk to her I give her my phone as I am always with her. I know this JD's name & have done a search which bought up 3 people of this name , none in Qld , but then the solar providers calling only one has been from Qld , they are mostly from NSW, Vic, SA & 1 from WA. Been thinking lately about going to the police to see what they can do.

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    Have you tried registering with the do not call register?

    Do Not Call Register

    Or 1300*792*958

    Having said that (all our phones are registered) we still get calls from India. I just challenge them on how they got the number saying they are in breach of the federal telecommunications & privacy acts and they generally hang up…
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    Quote Originally Posted by travelrover View Post
    Have you tried registering with the do not call register?

    Do Not Call Register

    Or 1300*792*958

    Having said that (all our phones are registered) we still get calls from India. I just challenge them on how they got the number saying they are in breach of the federal telecommunications & privacy acts and they generally hang up…
    All I do is ask them for their company ABN so that I can report them for calling a do not call number!
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    Yes I have countless times but because this guy has requested a quote using my wife's number they can not go after the company's that ring her with a quote , all we can do is tell all these Co's that this guy is a time waster & they tell me they will take her off the call list. If only my wife would let me change her number that she has had for over 20 years . Think I will give police a go next time I have some one looking after my wife, can't hurt .

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    Quote Originally Posted by 1950landy View Post
    My wife keeps getting calls from different Solar Company's with a Quote always for a Jxx Daxxx who get's his jollies being a serial pest through a 3rd party, been going on for couple of years now. They get her contact details from one of the many solar quote providers who find between 3 & 10 quotes. Once a month she will get between 3 to 10 calls over 3 or 4 days. We keep telling these Co's that there is no JD at this address & to stop calling. Telstra told me how to stop it by changing her phone number but my wife suffers from anxiety & dispersion & she thinks this will cause her more stress. We are on the do not call register but because these Co's have been provided a contact number we can't put in a complaint . It's a bit of a Catch 22 situation , wait for all the solar providers to get the message or change her number , booth causing her lots of stress. The only people who know her number are our immediately family , couple of friends & this JD who ever he is, she only has the phone for emergencies , If we need to give anyone a number we give them mine & if they need to talk to her I give her my phone as I am always with her. I know this JD's name & have done a search which bought up 3 people of this name , none in Qld , but then the solar providers calling only one has been from Qld , they are mostly from NSW, Vic, SA & 1 from WA. Been thinking lately about going to the police to see what they can do.
    Block the numbers in her phone...

    OR.... Add the calls you want into the favourites on the device and direct all other calls to messages..

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    Quote Originally Posted by p38arover View Post
    We no longer get such calls - since we unplugged the house phone. We only use our mobiles now.
    they ring mobiles now had a few lately.
    the calling numbers they came from was 03 90622324 and 03 96783494


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    The numbers come from wherever they choose to have come up.

    It’s great fun as I get genuine work calls from all across the globe and it can be hard to work out what’s what.

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