[AusNOG] "Telstra" scammers still at it...

[Jamie Lovick]

They seem to listen for common greetings, I typically answer stating my
name, and it doesn't trigger, it just hangs up after a few seconds.

Jamie

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On Sat, Feb 26, 2022, 1:58 PM Matthew Moyle-Croft <mmc at mmc.com.au> wrote:

> A lot of auto-dialers listen for that and will mark you as a fax machine
> and take your number out of the pool. Also will normally be a short call so
> to Rob’s point it’ll get marked.
>
> Last one I talked to I just said “Do you really want to do this?” and they
> hung up immediately on me.
>
> MMC
>
> On 24 Feb 2022, at 6:41 pm, Damien Gardner Jnr <rendrag at rendrag.net>
> wrote:
>
> I just answer all calls and say nothing.  Actual legit people can’t take
> the silence and go ‘Uhhh hello?’  Scammers think they hit voicemail or
> something and hangup at the 4 second mark.
>
> I answer easy 10 calls a day, 9 of them hang up at 4 seconds.
>
> —DG
>
> On Thu, 24 Feb 2022 at 7:10 pm, Rob Thomas <xrobau at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Can I *please* encourage everyone to answer any suspicious call, wait
>> a few seconds, and then hang up. This does a couple of things.
>>
>> 1. It tells us (the carriers) that it's a suspicious call. We have
>> reports on short-length calls, and if one of our clients is making 10k
>> calls a day, of which 80% are 2 seconds long, that rings many MANY
>> alarm bells.
>> 2. Even if it's a carrier who is fast asleep, they're still going to
>> charge the scammer for an answered call. No-one's getting free calls,
>> no matter who they're dealing with. Answering the call, even for a few
>> seconds, means it's costing them money.
>>
>> If it's NOT a scam call, and it's a real person, they'll call back. If
>> it's a scam call, the auto-dialler will mark it as 'scammed', and move
>> on to the next person.
>>
>> Feel free to share this around - this isn't rocket science, but if
>> people don't know, they're not going to do it.
>>
>> tl;dr: Answer the scam call, wait 2 seconds at least, hang up.
>>
>> --Rob
>>
>>
>> On Thu, 24 Feb 2022 at 12:58, Kai <vk6ksj at westnet.com.au> wrote:
>> >
>> > Just got a call on "0432 383 486" from "Alex Watson from Telstra, about
>> > critical warning messages seen from my account recently".
>> > Alex had a moderate Indian accent.
>> >
>> > I asked for his Telstra staff ID and he hung up. Hahaa.
>> >
>> > Just hope the next person they call doesn't think it's legit and end up
>> > scammed.
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