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#293820 15-Feb-2022 16:34
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Can those of you with relations clinging on to landlines check if a case I'm aware of isn't alone on 2d

At least 4 different Australian, US and Malaysia in the last short while inbound calls. Increasing in frequency from around once or twice a week.

Don't seem to be the usual wangiri, as they ring enough to hit answer phone but hangup as soon as off hook is detected. Not the usual silence until recorded message starts and so on.

Potentially going tone only by only one that held long enough to trigger message record.

Some screwy CiDs so likely spoofed.

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  #2868953 15-Feb-2022 16:47
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Scammers testing for numbers that ring



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  #2868983 15-Feb-2022 16:59
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I know I had theorized that may be a possibility to occur on others threads. But I never considered I'd be right :p

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  #2869292 16-Feb-2022 00:03
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We are on 2D landline and have been getting lots of these.  Just a different set of scammers, I'm afraid.




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  #2879496 5-Mar-2022 18:50
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Right so I got one of the 09 ones previously ignored and some form of clever answerphone detection tonight. Held on

Answered. And there was a long pause until some Australian lady introduced herself as part of (I think it was, most common one..) mycharitysurvey and asked how I was.

I replied with I'm good, but I'd be better if we were on the do-not-call list (signed up for on the nz marketing forum previously)

Seemed a very odd 'maybe next time' reply.

It almost sounded too fake to be a person. Like an AI. But going to assume the initial gap was a reverse connection to call centre once answer was triggered.

More than happy to divulge the list now. Various CID all off the same group.

0098022595
098022588
098022590
098022585
098022583
098022511

So yeah. Not exactly a scam. But one for the nuisance call list.

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