Increased number of "asian" scam calls including 0800 numbers

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#300537 16-Sep-2022 13:28

I'm now getting 1-2 calls a day on average, most from NZ numbers, a couple from OZ numbers, with an automated asian voice. Today I got one from an 0800 number purporting to be "Vodafone Telecom NZ" and then the call continued in a range of other languages.

With my job I get a lot of calls from unusual numbers so they aren't something I can simply ignore.

It is relatively easy to report SCAM txts, but what about calls?

Some Recent Numbers

0800 434 834 - doesn't route if you try to call it.
04 499 6673

I need to make sure I note them before they get lost in my call history.

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#2969103 16-Sep-2022 13:34

Yes I have also been getting more of these and like you I can't ignore numbers I don't recognise.

I have had a few in other languages, which sound like "Chinese" (but I don't speak any other languages, so can't determine exactly which languages are being spoken).

It's been increasing and getting more annoying.

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#2969198 16-Sep-2022 15:22

it looks like those Visa scam calls have changed numbers . They have gone from 0061--- to 39--- . i am getting 4-5 calls a day .

Common sense is not as common as you think.

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#2969217 16-Sep-2022 15:57

I'm getting a lot of "IPO scheme" calls lately as well... serves me right for having own business. ;)

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#2969253 16-Sep-2022 16:45

We got so sick of spam calls , bought a Spark Call screening phone.

Works really well, and calls that need to get through do so if the person is willing to state their name and press the appropriate key.

Even calls from real estate companies and other unsolicited charities seem to have gone away as well.

Not an ad for this, just my experience

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#2969269 16-Sep-2022 17:53

Who’s your provider?

Eg for Vodafone: https://www.vodafone.co.nz/help/mobile-safety/scam-phone-calls/

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#2969276 16-Sep-2022 18:08

2D

09.09.22 15:11 0061290209954 Telephone
09.09.22 08:33 0061299193116 Telephone
08.09.22 16:24 0061296063322 Telephone
08.09.22 13:28 0061298912706 Telephone
08.09.22 11:03 0061296742127 Telephone
07.09.22 12:50 0061397503111

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#2970478 20-Sep-2022 13:35

I'm on Skinny so passing these onto their support team

Fresh call today - same automated voice

0800 437 461

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#2970525 20-Sep-2022 15:13

Vodafone

00 61 475 721 662

00 61 425 532 355

00 61 8 6102 5280

00 61 488 811 994

00 61 467 155 818

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#2970533 20-Sep-2022 15:41

0800434564 and 0800433926 have called me recently. Not answered them because no one I want to hear from would be calling from an 0800 and its in the same range of numbers as the others on here.

If I am holding my phone when the next call comes in I will answer it and see what it is. Otherwise they just clutter up that phone app that I cant uninstall's notifications.

Richard rich.ms

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#2970548 20-Sep-2022 16:16

I get about one nuisance call per day, with various different overseas and domestic numbers spoofed by the callers.

I can usually use a focus mode to filter out any calls from anyone not in my contacts list, but I'm wondering if it's only a matter of time before they start masquerading as one of my contacts. I can easily see how that could happen if one of my friends has a dodgy phone that has suffered a security compromise.

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#2970661 20-Sep-2022 19:51

I got one not for Windows or the Bank but for New World. My payment of $1000 didn’t go through.
They've clicked that NZ grocery prices have risen?

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#2970665 20-Sep-2022 20:19

Looks like someone has taken over that scam txt message scam again

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#2970699 20-Sep-2022 22:10

Yup have had a few already this week. Today was 0800 432 475

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#2970725 21-Sep-2022 06:51

Had another yesterday, same 0800 43xxx range, but it left a message. Ok, its a real call, but it wasnt.

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#2970729 21-Sep-2022 07:50

Spoke with Skinny yesterday and I was informed that they can only respond if I've had 4 calls from the same number. Sadly all the recent calls have been from different numbers.

Argh

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