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.
Он молчит в трубке, что выглядит подозрительно; опасаюсь, что могут добавить непонятные суммы в счёт.
Received a questionnaire from the Global Economic Forum.
Dental clinic: Mark Watson Dental in Mitchelton, Queensland.
Got a call from Ward's Stoves Manufacturing Pty Ltd, bro.
Repeated calls from a fraudster, never left a voicemail.
Listed contact: Liane Curry from Peakhurst, NSW.
The caller was abusive.
Got a junk call about an electricity bill; when I asked them to drop my number, they hung up, man.
Looks like a scam, man.
A recorded notice purporting to be from Westpac.
Marked as probable fraud by the phone.
The line was disconnected without leaving any message.
Company: Burns Beach Landscapes (Burns Beach, WA) – Landscape Architects.
I also got a robotic voice message.
The origin may not match the apparent area code; they can generate numbers that route through several countries, complicating tracking.
I was told by Robert that the call claimed to be from the ATO, but it seems like a scam.
A recorded voice warned that a lawsuit had been filed in my name and urged an immediate call back, threatening an arrest warrant if I ignored it.
When I picked up, a pre‑recorded notice informed me that the line was unattended.
Filed a complaint after a nuisance solar‑panel pitch that oddly knew my address and phone.
Beware: this number is linked to a complete scoundrel; avoid trusting it!
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.