[AusNOG] Amazon Prime subscription scam

[Damien Gardner Jnr]

I had the same lass call me four times in one day. By the last one I was
more than a little upset.  Each call I'd told her that she and I both knew
she was probably sitting in a scam center in Kerala, and could she please
just save us both the wasted time and remove my number from their
database.  On the fourth one I’ll admit I lost my temper somewhat, and
ended up telling her that if I ever received another call from her, I’d
send one of my coworkers from our Kerala offices to find her and remove her
ovaries with a spoon.  Ive not had a call in six months :)   (That threat
tends to be weird enough that no-one is sure if you're joking, or really
really serious :) )

—dg

On Mon, 6 Dec 2021 at 6:21 pm, Michael Hockey <mqh at miju.com.au> wrote:

> I thought that the next time I should ask them to call me back on a
> different number.
> Now I just need to find the number of the AFP.
>
>
>
> ------ Original Message ------
> From: "Mitch Kelly" <mitchkelly24 at gmail.com>
> To: "Kai" <vk6ksj at westnet.com.au>
> Cc: "ausnog at lists.ausnog.net" <ausnog at lists.ausnog.net>
> Sent: 6/12/2021 1:41:59 PM
> Subject: Re: [AusNOG] Amazon Prime subscription scam
>
> You are lucky this is your first, I've been getting the Amazon ones at
> least twice a day for 6+ months.
>
> On Mon, Dec 6, 2021 at 11:38 AM Kai <vk6ksj at westnet.com.au> wrote:
>
>> Hi folks,
>>
>> Just received a call which displayed as 0425 354 906, went straight to
>> an automated female voice with Australian accet saying that my Amazon
>> Prime subscription (which I don't have) for $99.99 will be auto renewed
>> and press 1 to speak to an Accounts representative if I do not wish for
>> this to happen.
>>
>> I don't have an Amazon prime account and didn't press 1, although I was
>> tempted to, just to hear how far they tried to go to obtain my bank or
>> other personal details.
>>
>> FYI in case any of your customer (or your family) may have a similar
>> call. Enough people must still think these are legit or the scammers
>> wouldn't keep trying.
>>
>> I also got another "your package will arrive" SMS scam about an hour ago.
>>
>> Cheers
>> Kai
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