Message scam

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Originally Posted by Handyjack

Are you for real! I am not the one to talk to and I do not think you are really going to cut off the phone and internet to a major medical group.

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Ahem ...... well...... yes they probably would. There are numerous instances of complete FU's by the NBN / Telco transition, and transitions from telco to telco post NBN.

Case 1 - two small - medium medical practices in a separate leased spaces in a typical suburban commercial area. Practice 1 is on the ball and transitions very early. Practice 2 is cutoff and is caught completely off guard scrambling to notify patients via mobile phones, no fax etc.

Case 2 - one owner in a small group / strata complex transitions early, other tenants cut off at the same time.

Case 3 - my personal experience - we have "Priority Assist" on the landline / NBN due to my cardiac condition - didn't mean squat in the transition - "you have a mobile service- what's the problem." 5 case managers and several weeks to resolve and no adjustments to accounts - "bad luck, what are you going to do about it" sort of attitude.

So many businesses have almost been ruined through poorly managed Telco / NBN interactions, not to mention how many lives may have been placed at risk through FU's.

Main problem is that when the Telco / NBN make the FU it can't legally be reversed under the Telco Act - as the service is deemed to have transitioned to the NBN once "cut over". No going back! These were a few years back as Townsville was a pilot.

One thing you learn quickly you must personally drive any complaint, because the telco & NBN blame each other and will not accept ownership of their errors. Recent ACCC $50M penalties imposed on Telstra (selling unaffordable mobile plan contracts to remote indigenous customers) and to be negotiated with 3 major Telcos over current NBN "speed issues" and misleading and deceptive conduct are only the tip of the iceberg. About time! Unfortunately most telcos are the same, when you are the "small percentage affected."

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Originally Posted by Bucky

Border Force. They have so far intercepted 10 parcels addressed to me that contain illegal substances. ATO advises that my TFN has been hacked. Services Australia has noted issues with my bank account. There has also been a load of packages awaiting further delivery information. Not to mention a further load of undelivered text messages that I need to respond to. Federal police will issue a warrant for my arrest if I don’t contact them. I have so far won 50 iPhone 12s. Most department stores have gifts waiting for me. A number of billionaires are offering me millions. A number of females want to share their private photos with me. My web cam has captured photo of me pleasuring myself over online and they will be sent to all my friends unless I share some of the previously said millions with them. Only thing I haven’t received is a text from Craig Kelly.

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Hi Bucky
in case you are not aware, the scam with the webcam capturing you with busy hands is an indication that your passwords have been sold on the dark web. My wife was freaked out when she got this email containing a password she “ only used on one site” when I asked here what it was it was one I knew she had used on eBay about 5 years earlier

Not an issue as long as you change them regularly.


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Originally Posted by Bucky

Only thing I haven’t received is a text from Craig Kelly.

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I received one from him yesterday :~
Blocked the bonehead from sending me more messages :;
Log Dog :)

Interesting comments re Craig Kelly in a newspaper from his constituents. They all said he was hard working, a good representative and they would vote him again if he ran as an Independent, BUT would drop him like a hot potato if he ran under Clive’s banner.

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Originally Posted by Lappa

Interesting comments re Craig Kelly in a newspaper from his constituents. They all said he was hard working, a good representative and they would vote him again if he ran as an Independent, BUT would drop him like a hot potato if he ran under Clive’s banner.

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As a near neighbour and casual acquaintance of Rex Jackson I including most residents of this town reckoned the sun shone out of his backside. My wife's family home burnt to the ground and the insurance company were not going to pay the claim until Rex made a single phone call and the claim was paid very quickly. That man spent years in jail for what some saw as a total stitch up but where there is smoke there is fire and I saw some instances of the fire over a long period of time.

I hate getting unsolicited text messages from politicians
Or anyone for that matter
It's invasive
And probably illegal too
They're as nasty as the scammers
Puts me off having a mobile phone quite frankly
Log Dog :)

I've received two so far.

Both numbers are blank. One can't even write an abusive FU back! How rude :)

Just got my monthly Optus bill, $6-50 more than the last 3 yrs monthly bills.
rang them, told them to explain why. "We have transferred you to a new plan", so my reply was "When did you give me written notification with mandatory 30 day notice and when did I( confirm that I accepted that
long pause please hold while I check", came back to me "no record", so my reply "re-issue invoice for my usual amount immediately".
They did but was still 50 cents more so I just paid the normal amount, will be interesting to see what happens next month.
The whole point I am making is just how many people have simply paid without checking, it strikes me that this was a deliberate scam to make more money so if any of you have Optus accounts, check them and don't take no for an answer.

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Originally Posted by woodPixel

. One can't even write an abusive FU back! How rude :)

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Lol :D
I was chomping at the bit to return fire but couldn't either :rolleyes:
Log Dog :)

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Originally Posted by Log Dog

Lol :D
I was chomping at the bit to return fire but couldn't either :rolleyes:
Log Dog :)

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You may get some momentary & fleeting pleasure but it won't stop the calls, or upset the "computer" generating the text messaging. :( Plus old Clive is probably enjoying all the free publicity the matter is generating, that's his style to a T.

Best erasing both names from your memory ASAP and forgetting you ever heard of them if you aren't a supporter of either. :D