[AusNOG] "Telstra" scammers

[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 <guy at traverse.com.au> 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 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.
>> 
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