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.
Multiple calls from this number and similar ones with slightly different last digits. No messages left, and calling back puts you on an endless hold for an ‘agent.’ Seems like a nuisance or spam.
Likely a scam—auto-blocked by my phone.
The identity of the caller remains unknown.
The legitimacy of this number is questionable.
The caller claimed to be from Hughes Welding in Port Lincoln.
Keeps calling me non-stop
Federal Pest Control (Surfers Paradise, QLD) <br />Pest Control
Given that this is the second call from a Melbourne number despite me not being in Victoria, it seems like another potential telemarketing spam scam.
After declining two calls, both left a voicemail saying 'fifty eight'.
Someone with a foreign accent claiming to call on behalf of the Australian government about solar panels. Spammy and unsolicited.
Lifespan Financial Planning Pty Ltd, a financial planning company based in Korumburra, VIC, is associated with this number.
This number is associated with Urban Electrical Melbourne, an electrical contractor based in Ringwood East, VIC, with a website at https://www.urbanelectricalmelbourne.com.au
This number is associated with the Australian Seniors Insurance Agency
They hang up when I answer. I've also received calls today from 0272383118, 0272383117, 0272383116. I wish they would stop bothering me.
Guaranteed Security (Winthrop, WA) <br />Alarm Systems & Burglar Alarms.
Our motel recieved two calls from this number early this morning, around 6:30am, the person sounded intoxicated and was asking for help, but when I asked for their name, they just kept saying they needed help
The caller was intoxicated or under the influence, behaving erratically and being difficult to interact with, which was quite strange.
I received random text messages demanding money, followed by threats, and after two missed calls, I blocked the number, assuming it was either a wrong number or a prank.
This is a telemarketing number.
This is a fraudulent number. Avoid answering and block 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.