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.
A bothersome caller rang twice before I could block them and left a distorted, screaming message.
Located in Kirrawee, New South Wales, this business is Greater Glass.
Looks like a telemarketing crew pushing solar panels. Save your time and just block the number, okay?
Looks like a recruiter trying to get in touch, but be cautious. By the way.
Seems they're posing as CBA bank, which is a scam. Watch out, man.
Towing services in Frankston (Seaford, VIC) listed here—use if needed. FYI.
Some other complaints say this number belongs to low‑level scammers; the weird SMS at 12:30 pm AEST on 23 Mar 2022 was pure click‑bait. Blocked and reported, man.
Fraudulent notice about a package pickup.
Automated call – a nuisance!
Looks like a dodgy call center, yeah.
Because Vodafone flagged it as a 'suspected scam', I chose not to answer.
The call appears to be a scam.
They’re pretending you have cashback in Grab and posing as GCash support—a classic scam. hey
Probably a scam.
I missed a call from them about an hour ago, even though the number showed as unavailable.
An Indian scammer pretended to be from eBay, trying to pull a fast one. lol
So far today the line has rung me four times, left a text on the third attempt asking me to call 0418 637 999, and provided no identification, so I ignored it.
A recorded message pretended to be from the Department of Immigration, claiming multiple prior calls (which weren't true) and prompting me to press 1 for English or 2 for another language, then repeating the script in what sounded like Chinese.
Dentist Ivan Friendlander, located in North Bondi, NSW.
Listed as Sakhara Jewellers Pty Ltd (Caulfield North, Victoria). lol
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.