Watch out for silent hang‑ups that drop the call within seconds—these are classic signs of a phishing scam. Callers often claim to be from banks, telecoms or e‑commerce sites, then disappear before you can verify anything. Never press numbers in recorded messages, and avoid sharing personal or financial details with unknown callers. Use your phone’s built‑in spam‑filter or a reputable call‑blocking app, and report the number to your carrier or local consumer agency. If a message mentions a specific amount or asks for verification, treat it as scam and delete it. Staying skeptical and keeping a log of suspicious numbers helps stop silent calls and caller ID spoofing from reaching you.
It appears that telephone scammers are attemping to acquire your money or sensitive information. Such scams may be initiated via phone calls from real persons, robocalls, or text messsages.
The caller, claiming to be from Perth, hung up immediately after answering
Watch out, phone scammers try to rip you of
My phone said Potential Fraud so I didnt answer.
Told me they were from Telstra but I said I aint with them. Bloke had a strong Indian acsent.
Said they were from Amazon and asked about a $800 transaction. Called their bluff and said yeah. They started sayin about payin with visa/mastercard. Hung up on 'em. Sounded like Indian or Paki acsent.
Automated voice sayin it was ANZ bank. Said 1000 bucks was taken from my account. Press 1 or 2 to stop it. Scam call. I dont even have an ANZ account. Whats a joke.
Knew my name and said they were from Amazon. Hung up and blocked the number. Strong acsent.
Seems dodgy to me.
Guy claimed to be from Mastercard and said somethin about suspicious transactions. I knew it wasnt true so I just asked him how mutch he makes from scammin people - he just hung up
Pretended to be Mastercard. Said two transactions were suspisious. Knew it was fake so I asked how much they make scammin ppl. Hung up on me.
Got a call from this number, some bloke said it was the bank but sounded dodgy to me
Scammers pretended to be from PayPal, but their deception was uncovered when they were asked to spell out 'Sydney', leading them to terminate the call
Some scammer with a forign accent rang me, tryin to get personal deets - be carefull
Scammer with a funny acsent tryin to get my deats.
Computer voice claimes to be from Amazon Prime, sounded fake, hung up straight away
Robot voice talkin about Amazon Prime. Hung up.
No idear who this number is, no voicemail either
Dint know the number. No voicemail.
Rang, then immediatly hung up - probaby spam
Silence on the other end, no msg either, think it's a scam
No one spoke when I answered. Hung up after a few secs.
Guy said he was from commonwealth bank and asked about some transfer. Told him I dont bank with them and he just hung up - scammer
Said they were from Commonwealth Bank and asked about a $500 transfer. Told 'em I aint with Commonwealth. Hung up on me. Scam.
Claimed to be from a cyber security firm, sounded like a joke
Phoned our cybersecurity team and had a good laff. Told 'em to do one.
My phone flagged it as a potencial scam, blocked the number straight away
My phone said Potential Fraud. Blocked the number.
Answered the call as I was expectin one. They hung up strait away. Suspect scammer.
Got a recorded msg from ME bank about a debit, but it's definatly a scam, dont bother
