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#233605 24-Apr-2018 12:23

Anyone speak what I think is Mandarin ?

Its a WAV file BTW, so freaking out over virus :-p

https://1drv.ms/u/s!Aqik9ueMDi69oINuWPJGsBdRufGH7Q

Was left on my landline phone from a random long digit number and curious to know what its saying :)

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#2001568 24-Apr-2018 12:47

Got the same on my mobile yesterday, from a short number. I didn't answer the call but got the voicemail. Rubbish, deleted, don't care.

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#2001569 24-Apr-2018 12:50

I got a call this morning 8:18 from +6095251513 and I am sure it was Mandarin some recording that played twice

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#2001614 24-Apr-2018 13:09

My friend says some answering service he is 90% fluent in Mandarin

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#2001678 24-Apr-2018 14:39

Yeah, someone just PM'ed me with a rough translation.

The message seems to a recording of if you had tried to access a hotline with numbered options. The remainder of the message says it is to do with a Consulate or Embassy and relates to information regarding visas.

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#2001682 24-Apr-2018 14:44

Ah, I got a call yesterday, caller ID says Hong Kong, so I took the red button option - decline. Now I know what it probably was.

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#2001739 24-Apr-2018 16:07

Sounds like http://www.police.govt.nz/news/release/police-warn-against-scam-using-chinese-embassy-phone-number

Not sure where dialling 222 is going to get you though... the 2degrees contact centre?

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#2002108 25-Apr-2018 10:40

Not sure where dialling 222 is going to get you though... the 2degrees contact centre?

Tried dialling it from my 2deg phone, it didn't connect.

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#2002272 25-Apr-2018 13:26

I've had the call this morning as well.

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#2002273 25-Apr-2018 13:27

Actually thinking about this I wonder if the call is going out a PRI trunk from a VoIP provider and the spoofed CID isn't able to be set correctly?

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#2002660 26-Apr-2018 10:01

Just answered the phone at work this message played and same thing on Friday! @mikehales is VodafoneNZ doing anything to block these calls?

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#2002825 26-Apr-2018 14:39

Dont think it matters, but mine came from 9525158866447.

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#2007849 4-May-2018 14:43

I got two from 0273132095, got a colleague to translate and she tells me it said to please hold for customer service? Not sure if it's the same thing other people are getting.

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#2007895 4-May-2018 15:30

Received and accepted the call from 027-263-0918 on about "a parcel waiting to be accepted."

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#2008090 4-May-2018 19:51

I've been hit with a couple of these now. I can't believe they're apparently so hard to stop, that's probably the part that annoys me the most about them.

I don't see any option to report these to Skinny.
@LivingSkinny, anything I'm missing, or is Skinny burying their heads in the sand.

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#2008927 6-May-2018 21:44

I've received two of these calls: one from a phone identified as 09 525 1120, and the second 022 490 3259.

The first call intrigued me enough that I dashed to a Chinese colleague's office when the message began to repeat. She identified the language as Mandarin and said the message was something about bringing one's documents somewhere.

I've blocked both numbers now.

FWIW I'm on 2Degrees with an 021 number ported from VF.

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