Check unknown Australian numbers with recent reports from Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth and more. Understand caller patterns and share your experience.
Unsure about an Australian number? Find fresh community reports to judge unknown calls or texts. Cities like Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide show both legitimate callbacks (delivery, banking, appointments) and waves of phishing. Area codes (02, 03, 07, 08) are not reliable for location due to portability/VoIP — treat them as signal, not proof.
Good practice: return calls only via the official number on the provider’s site/app, check in‑app messages, and don’t share one‑time codes by phone. Enable device blocks and carrier filters (Telstra, Optus, Vodafone) and leave a short, factual experience here to help others.
Frequent calls over several days, no voicemail left, and I've blocked the line.
Someone pretended to represent a financial firm and hung up as soon as I said I hadn't heard of them.
Silence on the line.
Receiving calls at least twice daily, they drop the line once I pick up, and any attempt to return the call hits a 'not available' voicemail.
Several calls arrived, unclear what the caller wanted; they oddly pretended to be looking for someone named David.
Called early this morning, got disconnected while reaching the bank’s messaging system, and no message was left.
I’ve received threatening texts from this line.
Threatening texts arrived from this number, using TLSpayphone to mask the sender; the messages appear linked to the Essendon area.
When you dial 1831 0485997947, the system claims the number isn’t in service to conceal your caller ID, which is a clear robo‑scam before a money‑grabbing agent connects on a different line. Block this number on all devices.
Reported a PayPal‑impersonating scam dated 13/1/23.
I reached out to a client, asked him to install remote‑access apps and log into PayPal, then helped him delete the app and report his cards.
A text pretended to be a PayPal scam, displaying the exact amount I paid a company and requesting a response to complete the transfer.
Incoming call promoting solar sales.
Company listed: Gronow / Brian Miller Removals & Storage.
They claimed to offer a discount on my Optus account even though I’m not an Optus customer, yet they knew my name.
Fraudster claiming to be PayPal.
Got a cold call, just another annoyance, you know.
They keep calling repeatedly even though I never answer.
Fraudulent call.
Looks like a trio of numbers with only the final two digits swapped kept ringing today—no voicemails, so I blocked every one, dude.
Call back via the official company number (website/app), not the unknown number. Check in‑app notices.
Delivery/appointment confirmations, bank callbacks, 2FA codes; periodic robocalls, smishing around parcels, and fake support hotlines.
Not really. Portability and VoIP make 02/03/07/08 weak as location hints. Context and content matter more.
Be concise: caller type, purpose, date and cues. Avoid sensitive data.