I have been getting at least one of these every month for the past 4 months. They look pretty good, but the account number doesn't match anything we have with Telstra.
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I have been getting at least one of these every month for the past 4 months. They look pretty good, but the account number doesn't match anything we have with Telstra.
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.......and their arithmatic is a bit wonky......150.42 * 2 = 300.76?
They have been offering me 202-42 but as Fred says their arithmetic is woeful as the double figure is not correct.
My phone bill has never been that much. I have been reporting it as spam and now seems to be finished.
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Originally Posted by Big Shed
Rounding down???????
I see the problem. At the bottom there are two people smiling while reviewing their Telsta bill.
Nobody likes Telstra and fewer still are happy at receiving a bill.
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Wife: Look dear, a bill from Telstra. What are those funny 1800 numbers?
Husband: (kill me now)... grins. Must be a mistake! Bloody Telstra!
Real Telstra would not quote the price as 300.76 AUD but as $300.76 so if people are falling for this think what will happen when the scammers get the details correct.
If they ever manage to get the customers name and account number there would me a real cause for concern.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bohdan
I know a lot of people don't like direct debit, but it helps in knowing emails like this are fake.
The scammers, probably want a bank transit and account number so they will probably tell you that they want to direct deposit.
Here all public utilities and credit card companies are required to issue a refund for over payments. Changing providers can create an overage. We just do nothing and if it is legitimate, a check will arrive in the mail in several months.
Besides if you're irritated enough to change providers, just letting the excess funds sit there costs them money with the notice every month.
I've been getting one or two of those a day. They go direct to the trash bin.
My latest is supposedly from AusPost who want to charge me $80 a day storage for a parcel they could not deliver. The frightening part about this one was that it was addressed to me by name at the time when we were expecting 2 small parcels from an eBay purchase. Of course, it went straight to the spam report folder.
This will come here, if it isn't here already.
Do not answer "Yes" to anyone you don't know, no matter how simple the question.
For sure it can be proven you didn't give permission but it will cost you heaps in time and money to prove it.
Can you really afford the inconvenience?
Answering your phone with this one word could get you scammed
What can ducks do and people wish Telstra would?
Stick their bill up their a$$
Best thing I ever did when we got the phone connected here, was put the number in the phone book under another name. I chose my grandmother's maiden name.
So when people ring and ask for Mr Bloggs* I know that they aren't after me and I hang up. Occasionally when I'm in one of those moods I'll say: "He died, you'd better warm up the ouija board"
*do you think I'd tell you lot the real name?
I listed our land line as Noné Xyzzy. (Pronounced non-E cizzy)
Some of you may recognize the last name as an old worn out magic word from "Adventure".
I have an unlisted number, always have so work clients can't call me.
But I have had the number 12 months and I'm still getting calls asking for the previous owner.
Back when I worked at Telstra I got a call from an unhappy customer.
He had just had the phone connected at his new house, had paid the premium for an unlisted number, only to find that the number had belonged to a travel agent who had closed down 1 week in to the second year of a yellow pages ad.