An overseas call centre reached out about installing vending machines at my workplace.
Reverse Phone Lookup in Australia — Latest Community Insights
Check unknown Australian numbers with recent reports from Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth and more. Understand caller patterns and share your experience.
Australia: what to expect from calls
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 message warned that my GP details needed updating, then asked whether I preferred Chinese or English, yet the number doesn’t belong to my doctor.
Calls keep coming in, but no one ever says a word.
Looks like a scam, honestly, just saying.
I’m asking who is behind this phone number.
There was no voicemail left on this call.
The call was placed and immediately disconnected.
An Indian woman posed as a Telstra representative, warning that my internet IP was unsafe and asking if I'd recently changed my password. I requested verification details to call Telstra myself, after which she hung up.
No voicemail was left.
The source of the call is unidentified.
When I returned the call to the Silent Number, the greeting said "Thanks for calling us. Press 1 if you want to continue," so I ended the call immediately.
Impersonating Australia Post.
The call sounded like an automated scam bot asking for personal info; better not to respond.
The caller used my actual name and pretended to represent the Brisbane local council; the number was a mobile, which seemed very suspicious.
No voicemail was left, and when I returned the call, it turned out to be Mater Lotteries.
The company i‑suggest claims to compare power providers, but after more than twenty calls—only six answered—I asked them to stop and they kept calling. When I tried to complain, I discovered the business doesn’t exist. It appears a small group is running a pressure‑tactic scam, trying to extract details about my electricity supplier and other personal info. If you call back, you hear a professional‑sounding Australian voice, yet you never reach a real person.
This call turned out to be a scam.
It was just a scammer call.
They say they're an individual, but actually they're based in China, seriously.
They spam-called four times consecutively.
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FAQ — Australia
How do I verify callers in Australia?
Call back via the official company number (website/app), not the unknown number. Check in‑app notices.
What patterns are common?
Delivery/appointment confirmations, bank callbacks, 2FA codes; periodic robocalls, smishing around parcels, and fake support hotlines.
Are area codes reliable?
Not really. Portability and VoIP make 02/03/07/08 weak as location hints. Context and content matter more.
What makes a helpful report?
Be concise: caller type, purpose, date and cues. Avoid sensitive data.