[AusNOG] High number of inbound automated Chinese language calls on AAPT CTS

Fri Oct 27 15:26:39 EST 2017

We've also had the scam at an alarming rate though our scammers are saying
they're from the accident department and something is wrong with a person
in this household. So I'm guessing it's a PII scam.

We've being blocking numbers as they come up but it's starting to feel like
whack-a-mole.

0280914668
782013645

Need a greylist for poor repudiation numbers.

Regards,

Peter Tiggerdine

GPG Fingerprint: 2A3F EA19 F6C2 93C1 411D 5AB2 D5A8 E8A8 0E74 6127

On Fri, Oct 27, 2017 at 2:15 PM, Matt Perkins <matt at spectrum.com.au> wrote:

> Here's the link for anyone interested.
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> On 27/10/17 3:11 pm, Alan Woodman wrote:
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> Matt sent me the voice recording to listen to as I can speak some Chinese,
> but my listening skills a little weak these days as its been quite a few
> years since I’ve needed to listen to Chinese… This is what I came up with:
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> “This is a call from the Chinese Embassy, please take a minute to answer
> this question, to agree to answer the question press 0. Something something
> (I can't catch it properly) for your happiness/fortune.”
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> 这里是中国使馆,你用一分钟快填领取，深有可有一问，请打零，something为你福。
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> I’m sure there is a native Chinese speaker on this list that can translate
> it better than me…
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> *From:* AusNOG [mailto:ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net
> <ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net>] *On Behalf Of *Robert Haylock
> *Sent:* Friday, 27 October 2017 11:40 AM
> *To:* Andrew Yager
> *Cc:* ausnog mailing list
> *Subject:* Re: [AusNOG] High number of inbound automated Chinese language
> calls on AAPT CTS
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> Just got one myself to my personal MyNetFone VoIP! at least now I know
> what it is without asking for someone to translate... so sad for those who
> fall for the trap though :(
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> Rob
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> On 27 October 2017 at 13:54, Andrew Yager <andrew at rwts.com.au> wrote:
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> Hi Matt,
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> We have seen multiple instances of this over the last couple of months to
> different number blocks.
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> It's usually a Mandarin message claiming to be from the ATO.
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> Have logged a few complaints on a few of them; have not got anywhere
> useful because each number is called "once" and doesn't meet the threshold
> for a nuisance claim.
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> If any of my upstreams want to care though… I'm happy to provide more
> details… :) (nudge… nudge…)
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> Andrew
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> On 27 October 2017 at 13:34, Matt Perkins <matt at spectrum.com.au> wrote:
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> Here's some Friday fun.
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> Are there any people with AAPT CTS that are receiving very high volumes
> (500 an hour)  of a Chinese language automated message. Numbers dialed in
> appear to be random within a routed ranges they also appear to be using
> random calling id's some start with 028009XX. Im told that the message says
> it's from the Chinese consulate and ask you to push zero.  I suspect they
> are trying to determine which numbers have Chinese language speakers answer
> for some later scam. But only appears to be on AAPT CTS. We have CTS with a
> few other carriers and seeing nothing on those inbound.
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> Interested to see if others are receiving same.
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> Matt.
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