[AusNOG] "Telstra" scammers

[Giles Pollock]

That number rings a bell, think I got the same mob a week ago thereabouts.
Got a bit creative with them and probably wasted an hour of their time.
Sadly they got upset when I tried to "bargain" down their service cost of
$500 to something more reasonable (like three cents and a ball of string).

I figure an hour of their time wasted is time they can't go scamming some
unfortunate souls out of their bank balance. I did get an IP address from
them poking around my scammer bait VM though.

On Thu, Feb 18, 2021 at 3:34 PM Kai <vk6ksj at westnet.com.au> 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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