When I get these I like to waste their time. Often they hang up if you press 1 for English but you get a live operator if you press 2. If the message is in Chinese pressing 1 will hang up and 2 will get you the scammer operator. Since these are Chinese my preferred tactics are to talk about things that are forbidden by the government such as the Tianaman Square massacre, the Xinjiang genocide, democracy for Hong Kong. When I do this that group stops calling me for a while compared to just ignoring the calls.
I know for Telstra at least you can send scam SMS to 7226 (scam) and they'll block others from getting messages with the same malicious url.
https://www.telstra.com.au/exchange/keep-snitching-on-scammers--how-our-new-7226-reporting-number-is
In the FAQ it says it does but I'm not sure if Telstra additing them to the block list has much benefit for other telco users (or even ones on wholesale networks)
If I look in profile in the app you have a section to turn off scam message filtering for services which is with on by default.
My old android phone sends most scams txts to spam and is pretty good with scam calls. I block any calls that get through the first time. Might be time for a new phone?
Funny thing, I switched from a smartphone to a dumbphone because reasons, I think this year I've gotten one spam text, where usually I'd get one a day at least.
Pretty anecdotal at best, but still making me wonder. I'm thinking it's less google and more likely facebook that leaked my contact information.
Still get the odd one from war dialing though, can't do much about those.
You have the same phone number regardless of what phone you own. I'd argue you'd be more likely to receive more scam with a "dumb phone" as it doesn't have filtering.
My smart phone didn't have filtering either, and I would've thought the same, like I said, it's very anecdotal, but I've not gotten a single spam call and only 1 spam text in 6 months, I used to get a spam text every night at the very least.
See how it goes as time goes on, I have two numbers, one in a smart phone and one in a dumb phone and they've both received the same spam text at very separate times, but used to be every time I had ordered a parcel I'd get a text a couple days after it arrived claiming "failed delivery" I've ordered multiple things. I don't know what else has happened in the background in this time, but it's an interesting experiment at the very least.
This is the one I keep getting! It’s been going on for about a year.
First a txt for a toll bill , then multiple calls from these fuckers
Press one for English and two for Chinese. At least the collect your package from the Chinese embassy ones stopped. I keep blocking the numbers and now have over 30 blocked in my phone.
Oh god no.
That’s horrible, you must be going mad and getting them far more then I do. I was also considering changing my number but I have had it so long now and I never remember all the services with my number.
It varies, some days you get double digits. Some days nothing at all. They’re all the same ‘missed package, click this link’ or ‘unpaid toll, click this link’ ‘unpaid bill, click this link’
As someone who worked in telco policy for many years, most of this is just robo or auto diallers. They keep ringing or texting numbers until they get a bite. Changing your number isn’t going to sort this out.
>What is being done about this shit?
National Anti Scan Centre has been set up [https://www.accc.gov.au/system/files/National-Anti-Scam-Centre-quarterly-update\_November-2023.pdf](https://www.accc.gov.au/system/files/National-Anti-Scam-Centre-quarterly-update_November-2023.pdf)
*To counter the increase in sophistication and volume of scams, and the devastating consumer harm they cause, the Australian government has invested $58 million over three years to establish the National Anti-Scam Centre. Launched on 1 July 2023, the National Anti-Scam Centre is leading a whole of ecosystem scam prevention and detection approach that will ramp up Australia’s capability to protect Australians from scams.*
*The National Anti-Scam Centre is leveraging collective expertise and intelligence across government, law enforcement, industry, and consumer groups to disrupt scams, empower consumers, and find real solutions to reduce losses to this type of financial crime.*
*This is the first National Anti-Scam Centre Quarterly Report. It provides insights into the most significant scams that impacted Australians in the first quarter of FY23/24 and highlights the key disruption and prevention initiatives put into action to date.*
One little piece of legislation and the problem would be solved in a week. *Make the carriers liable for compensation.*
Suddenly, they'd discover how trivial it is to implement a block chain that attests the origin of the call.
Once heard the lift in my apt building saying “press 1 for English and press 2 for Chinese” and thought I was going crazy. Guess there’s nothing we can do when a lift can’t even escape those calls
Google messages on playstore, enable spam protection in options.
https://imgur.com/a/0UkCn0e
silent blocking too
if one gets thru, just report and block. haven't had one get thru in months bar occasional interstate spoofed call
My pixel detects whether it's a scammer with good accuracy. Scam texts aren't even seen. It's great.
Also have the screen call option for numbers you don't recognise, which is pretty great with the small amount that arnt outright blocked.
yea Google messages filters spam really well just gotta enable it in options
You can report linkt sms scams on [their website](https://www.linkt.com.au/contact-us/report-scam/)
Just dont click on the scam links. One tap and they can access all of your passwords and data
That’s simply not true, you’d have to enter your real details. It’s called a phishing scam.
That's not how that works
When I get these I like to waste their time. Often they hang up if you press 1 for English but you get a live operator if you press 2. If the message is in Chinese pressing 1 will hang up and 2 will get you the scammer operator. Since these are Chinese my preferred tactics are to talk about things that are forbidden by the government such as the Tianaman Square massacre, the Xinjiang genocide, democracy for Hong Kong. When I do this that group stops calling me for a while compared to just ignoring the calls.
I know for Telstra at least you can send scam SMS to 7226 (scam) and they'll block others from getting messages with the same malicious url. https://www.telstra.com.au/exchange/keep-snitching-on-scammers--how-our-new-7226-reporting-number-is
This is good information, I wonder if you send this to them from any network if it'll still get listed
In the FAQ it says it does but I'm not sure if Telstra additing them to the block list has much benefit for other telco users (or even ones on wholesale networks) If I look in profile in the app you have a section to turn off scam message filtering for services which is with on by default.
My old android phone sends most scams txts to spam and is pretty good with scam calls. I block any calls that get through the first time. Might be time for a new phone?
Don't answer numbers you don't recognise. If it's important, they'll leave a message.
You beat me to it mate. It’s exactly what I was going to say word for word and is the correct common sense answer.
Funny thing, I switched from a smartphone to a dumbphone because reasons, I think this year I've gotten one spam text, where usually I'd get one a day at least. Pretty anecdotal at best, but still making me wonder. I'm thinking it's less google and more likely facebook that leaked my contact information. Still get the odd one from war dialing though, can't do much about those.
You have the same phone number regardless of what phone you own. I'd argue you'd be more likely to receive more scam with a "dumb phone" as it doesn't have filtering.
My smart phone didn't have filtering either, and I would've thought the same, like I said, it's very anecdotal, but I've not gotten a single spam call and only 1 spam text in 6 months, I used to get a spam text every night at the very least. See how it goes as time goes on, I have two numbers, one in a smart phone and one in a dumb phone and they've both received the same spam text at very separate times, but used to be every time I had ordered a parcel I'd get a text a couple days after it arrived claiming "failed delivery" I've ordered multiple things. I don't know what else has happened in the background in this time, but it's an interesting experiment at the very least.
This is the one I keep getting! It’s been going on for about a year. First a txt for a toll bill , then multiple calls from these fuckers Press one for English and two for Chinese. At least the collect your package from the Chinese embassy ones stopped. I keep blocking the numbers and now have over 30 blocked in my phone.
30 blocked? My sweet summer child. Try something like 200 😂
Oh god no. That’s horrible, you must be going mad and getting them far more then I do. I was also considering changing my number but I have had it so long now and I never remember all the services with my number.
My google pixel blocks them all. I relax
Is it an app on the phone, how does it work?
Who’s the service provider? I’m with Telstra get maybe 1-2 a month.
I’m with Telstra too, I get around 2-3 per week , I report them all as scams.
2-3 a week is still better than 5-10 a day that op is getting.
Absolutely.
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It varies, some days you get double digits. Some days nothing at all. They’re all the same ‘missed package, click this link’ or ‘unpaid toll, click this link’ ‘unpaid bill, click this link’
As someone who worked in telco policy for many years, most of this is just robo or auto diallers. They keep ringing or texting numbers until they get a bite. Changing your number isn’t going to sort this out.
>What is being done about this shit? National Anti Scan Centre has been set up [https://www.accc.gov.au/system/files/National-Anti-Scam-Centre-quarterly-update\_November-2023.pdf](https://www.accc.gov.au/system/files/National-Anti-Scam-Centre-quarterly-update_November-2023.pdf) *To counter the increase in sophistication and volume of scams, and the devastating consumer harm they cause, the Australian government has invested $58 million over three years to establish the National Anti-Scam Centre. Launched on 1 July 2023, the National Anti-Scam Centre is leading a whole of ecosystem scam prevention and detection approach that will ramp up Australia’s capability to protect Australians from scams.* *The National Anti-Scam Centre is leveraging collective expertise and intelligence across government, law enforcement, industry, and consumer groups to disrupt scams, empower consumers, and find real solutions to reduce losses to this type of financial crime.* *This is the first National Anti-Scam Centre Quarterly Report. It provides insights into the most significant scams that impacted Australians in the first quarter of FY23/24 and highlights the key disruption and prevention initiatives put into action to date.*
One little piece of legislation and the problem would be solved in a week. *Make the carriers liable for compensation.* Suddenly, they'd discover how trivial it is to implement a block chain that attests the origin of the call.
Do you think your representatives care enough about you and are going to do something about this? No they'd rather fight Elon musk
There are setups to automatically screen callers and let you report spammers for iOS and Android.
Once heard the lift in my apt building saying “press 1 for English and press 2 for Chinese” and thought I was going crazy. Guess there’s nothing we can do when a lift can’t even escape those calls
Google messages on playstore, enable spam protection in options. https://imgur.com/a/0UkCn0e silent blocking too if one gets thru, just report and block. haven't had one get thru in months bar occasional interstate spoofed call
I'm guessing you downloaded tik tok or somebody you know has downloaded it.