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<div>I just forward them to a rick Astley never going to give you up call queue </div>
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<div style="direction:ltr">End of the day not a lot can really be done about it.</div>
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<div style="direction:ltr">Same with spam and junk mail that comes in via the post box out front.</div>
<div style="direction:ltr">Can put measures in place to stop or reduce it but it’s never going to stop.</div>
<div style="direction:ltr">Android has a few good apps that can block a known database of scam callers and spam numbers. Unsure if anything exists for iPhone.</div>
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif"><b>From:</b> AusNOG <ausnog-bounces@lists.ausnog.net> on behalf of Mattia Rossi <mattia.rossi.mailinglists@gmail.com><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, January 28, 2020 6:55 am<br>
<b>To:</b> ausnog@lists.ausnog.net<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [AusNOG] Scam Number 0343444621
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Or go down this path:<br>
<br>
https://jollyrogertelephone.com/<br>
<br>
and exhaust the telemarketers.<br>
<br>
Cheers,<br>
<br>
Mat<br>
<br>
On 25/1/20 8:20 pm, Matt Perkins wrote:<br>
> We route based on CLID to a queue that plays music for 5 minutes then <br>
> plays. "You are now 975'th in the queue please hold" and the goes back <br>
> to music. A recording is made of the snippet where it says how far <br>
> they are in the queue and is emailed to the helpdesk for comedic value.<br>
><br>
> Matt<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> On 25/1/20 12:03 pm, Matthew Moyle-Croft wrote:<br>
>> Faxes, when they answer a call are silent until they hear the tone <br>
>> from the calling fax.<br>
>> A lot of the software that drives outbound calls will listen for <br>
>> silence on the far end so they don’t connect a human to a fax machine <br>
>> and waste time on their outbound call centre.<br>
>><br>
>> If you get a call from a number you don’t recognise, be silent when <br>
>> you answer. Mute if possible. A lot of the time your number will be <br>
>> marked as a fax machine and they’ll stop calling.<br>
>><br>
>> So, rather than have no answer as per below, route it to something <br>
>> that answers (costs them money to complete the call) and is silent to <br>
>> pretend to be a fax machine.<br>
>><br>
>> MMC<br>
>><br>
>>> On 21 Jan 2020, at 10:20 pm, Saxton, Joseph (SYD-FED) <br>
>>> <Joseph.Saxton@interpublic.com> wrote:<br>
>>><br>
>>> Not sure how your PBX is setup, but in the environments I've worked <br>
>>> with I've avoided using default call routing on unallocated DID <br>
>>> numbers back to the main number. I've found that a fair few of the <br>
>>> scam callers dial through the full DID range. Doesn't stop the calls <br>
>>> but can somewhat reduce the calls from them.<br>
>>><br>
>>> -Joe<br>
>>><br>
>>> On 21/1/20, 7:00 pm, "AusNOG on behalf of James Andrewartha" <br>
>>> <ausnog-bounces@lists.ausnog.net on behalf of <br>
>>> trs80@ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au> wrote:<br>
>>><br>
>>> The Spam Act doesn't cover phone calls, s5 (5) excludes them. <br>
>>> Blocking is<br>
>>> also pointless since all the caller IDs are spoofed differently <br>
>>> per call.<br>
>>> Some of them are clearly invalid, I have examples like 07 6539 <br>
>>> 5789 and<br>
>>> 08 0804 4878 which are not assigned in the numbering plan<br>
>>> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.legislation.gov.au_Details_F2016C00283&d=dffDwIDaQ&c=Ftw_YSVcGmqQBvrGwAZugGylNRkk-uER0-5bY94tjsc&r=srheiojgNn4Jg0keeQ9hj6cyp8zgHx0m-eTRLdD3nnw&m=LwnNSmlgVzMX0qfT0FCeF8k-bFt_hBCeu9CfrHaZYx4&s=ql5IaZ4JO98B72cExoAoUF4U8ebk0zWRxgyU5vn56GA&e=<br>
>>><br>
>>> --<br>
>>> # TRS-80 trs80(a)ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au #/ "Otherwise <br>
>>> Bub here will do <br>
>>> # UCC Wheel Member <br>
>>> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__trs80.ucc.asn.au_&d=DwIDaQ&c=Ftw_YSVcGmqQBvrGwAZugGylNRkk-uER0-5bY94tjsc&r=srheiojgNn4Jg0keeQ9hj6cyp8zgHx0m-eTRLdD3nnw&m=LwnNSmlgVzMX0qfT0FCeF8k-bFt_hBCeu9CfrHaZYx4&s=GyPeNnpGViNogqVS2NFym2NkN7rmauKXYjxvk9lKCcg&e=<br>
>>> #| what squirrels do best |<br>
>>> [ "There's nobody getting rich writing ]| -- Collect <br>
>>> and hide your |<br>
>>> [ software that I know of" -- Bill Gates, 1980 ] nuts." -- <br>
>>> Acid Reflux #231 /<br>
>>><br>
>>> On Tue, 21 Jan 2020, Mark Newton wrote:<br>
>>><br>
>>>> Doesn’t the subscriber handle it by complaining to ACMA? The Spam <br>
>>>> Act has to be worth something, right?<br>
>>>> (if you block the number somewhere else, you’re just going to <br>
>>>> create a headache for the next person who receives it after the<br>
>>>> scammer has moved on. It needs to be dealt with at the source, and <br>
>>>> that’s not exactly something you can do…)<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> - mark<br>
>>>><br>
>>>><br>
>>>><br>
>>>> On 21 Jan 2020, at 1:46 PM, James Andrewartha <br>
>>>> <trs80@ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au> wrote:<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> What's the best way to handle these? In November we got a lot of calls<br>
>>>> with random caller IDs, and I was gathering logs to open a case <br>
>>>> with our<br>
>>>> carrier per the Comms Alliance CUSTOMER PROCESS –HANDLING OF LIFE<br>
>>>> THREATENING AND UNWELCOME COMMUNICATIONS but by the time I was <br>
>>>> ready to,<br>
>>>> they'd stopped.<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> Obviously that process is fairly weak sauce, particularly if you <br>
>>>> read the<br>
>>>> actual code which allows for no action if the supplier is unable to<br>
>>>> identify the source of the communication, but I was at a loss to <br>
>>>> find any<br>
>>>> other process to try and stop the calls.<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.commsalliance.com.au_-5F-5Fdata_assets_pdf-5Ffile_0004_56227_IGN010-5F2017.pdf&d=DwIDaQ&c=Ftw_YSVcGmqQBvrGwAZugGylNRkk-uER0-5bY94tjsc&r=srheiojgNn4Jg0keeQ9hj6cyp8zgHx0m-eTRLdD3nnw&m=LwnNSmlgVzMX0qfT0FCeF8k-bFt_hBCeu9CfrHaZYx4&s=pWlePaeKZg8iidKrAzSWojXCLq1dNcW6jbIuMjOPcsc&e=<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.commsalliance.com.au_-5F-5Fdata_assets_pdf-5Ffile_0006_60549_C525-5F2017-2Dvariation-2D1-5F2018.pdf&d=DwIDaQ&c=Ftw_YSVcGmqQBvrGwAZugGylNRkk-uER0-5bY94tjsc&r=srheiojgNn4Jg0keeQ9hj6cyp8zgHx0m-eTRLdD3nnw&m=LwnNSmlgVzMX0qfT0FCeF8k-bFt_hBCeu9CfrHaZYx4&s=ojrF_jIKplq5zOpebLlbKHonU--g6CIz2saQUzMuXIk&e=<br>
>>>><br>
>>>><br>
>>>> -- <br>
>>>> # TRS-80 trs80(a)ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au #/ "Otherwise Bub <br>
>>>> here will do <br>
>>>> # UCC Wheel Member <br>
>>>> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__trs80.ucc.asn.au_&d=DwIDaQ&c=Ftw_YSVcGmqQBvrGwAZugGylNRkk-uER0-5bY94tjsc&r=srheiojgNn4Jg0keeQ9hj6cyp8zgHx0m-eTRLdD3nnw&m=LwnNSmlgVzMX0qfT0FCeF8k-bFt_hBCeu9CfrHaZYx4&s=GyPeNnpGViNogqVS2NFym2NkN7rmauKXYjxvk9lKCcg&e=<br>
>>>> #| what squirrels do best |<br>
>>>> [ "There's nobody getting rich writing ]| -- Collect and <br>
>>>> hide your |<br>
>>>> [ software that I know of" -- Bill Gates, 1980 ] nuts." -- Acid <br>
>>>> Reflux #231 /<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> On Fri, 17 Jan 2020, Bradley Amm wrote:<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> A lot come from Symbio but yes it’s probably just spoofed.<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> Quite easy to spoof a caller ID<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> _<br>
>>>> From: AusNOG <ausnog-bounces@lists.ausnog.net> on behalf of <br>
>>>> Jennifer Sims <jenn@jenn.id.au><br>
>>>> Sent: Friday, January 17, 2020 8:15 am<br>
>>>> To: Brent Paddon<br>
>>>> Cc: ausnog@ausnog.net<br>
>>>> Subject: Re: [AusNOG] Scam Number 0343444621<br>
>>>> It also doesn’t mean it’s not an over stamped or spoofed either<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> Sent from my iPhone<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> On 17 Jan 2020, at 10:12, Brent Paddon <br>
>>>> <brent.paddon@gmail.com> wrote:<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> Symbio (MNF) host it. Doesn't mean outbound is going <br>
>>>> that direction, but they're still hosting it.<br>
>>>> Brent<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> On Thu, Jan 16, 2020 at 4:17 PM Matthew Matters <br>
>>>> <mmatters@ausnetservers.net.au> wrote:<br>
>>>> Afternoon Noggers,<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> Can every provider check their records to see if they are <br>
>>>> hosting 0343444621.<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> This number is being used to scam / spam and the number <br>
>>>> should be terminated as soon as possible<br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
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