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.
Got a ring at 1:57 am on a Sunday from this number with no voicemail—wake‑up calls just piss people off. I haven’t heard back and have blocked it, just saying.
They rang me twice after 6 pm, just letting you know.
I got a junk call regarding a solar rebate; an Indian woman launched into the typical government rebate pitch. I'm fed up with these calls.
Origin appears to be Tasmania.
Someone claiming to be from Commonwealth Bank warned that my credit card had been used in the US for $800 minutes ago and threatened cancellation unless I confirmed the card number—a classic scam.
A call came in, the person said nothing, then hung up.
When I answered, the person on the other end spoke Chinese, so I ended the call almost immediately.
Potential scam.
Someone claiming to represent Telstra introduced themselves, with noisy call‑centre chatter in the background. A lookup flagged the number as invalid, and they inquired about any issues in South Yunderup.
The caller tried to pitch cheaper energy, but his heavily accented, rapid speech made him hard to understand.
The call came through without any sound.
Received a call but no voicemail was left.
An unknown number keeps calling repeatedly without ever leaving a voicemail.
The caller gave no identification, left an offensive recorded message that seemed random.
This appears to be a fraudulent number.
I terminated the call right after answering, suspecting it was spam.
Looks like spam; I couldn't return the call.
Listed as a scam on Honey; best not to answer.
Looks like spam from a group called Clever Contacts, FYI, by the way.
The caller pretended to be a criminal organization that protects sex workers while also issuing threats.
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.