{"id":27103,"date":"2020-06-09T10:09:16","date_gmt":"2020-06-09T04:39:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kashmir.today\/?p=27103"},"modified":"2020-06-09T10:09:16","modified_gmt":"2020-06-09T04:39:16","slug":"stark-warning-as-missed-phone-call-scam-swindles-thousands-of-dollars-from-australians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/?p=27103","title":{"rendered":"Stark warning as missed phone call scam swindles thousands of dollars from Australians"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"mol-bullets-with-font wp-block-list\"><li class=\"class\"><strong>Scammers target Australians by calling them for one ring and then hanging up<\/strong><\/li><li class=\"class\"><strong>When people call the number back their money instantly starts getting fleeced&nbsp;<\/strong><\/li><li class=\"class\"><strong>Scamwatch has already received 19 reports of scams from unsuspecting Aussies<\/strong><\/li><li class=\"class\"><strong>Police warned against picking up calls from unknown international numbers<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Unsuspecting Australians are being warned about a phone scam that swindles thousands of dollars from them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The scammers target people by calling them on an international number for one ring and then hanging up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">When people call the number back, their money automatically starts getting fleeced by the fraudsters.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Last week Scamwatch received 19 reports of &#8216;Wangiri&#8217; scams \u2013 missed calls from international numbers that charge a premium rate if you ring the number back.&nbsp;nullabout:blankabout:blank<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;In this latest version the scammer sometimes says &#8216;Hello&#8217; before hanging up. Just don&#8217;t call back!,&#8217; the government agency warned.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2019\/10\/03\/06\/19239740-7532183-image-a-15_1570082050086.jpg\" alt=\"The scammers target people by calling them on an international number for one ring and then hanging up\"\/><figcaption><em>The scammers target people by calling them on an international number for one ring and then hanging up<\/em> <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;The scammers rely on you calling the number back in order to charge you a premium rate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;The longer the scammers can keep you on the phone the more you are charged for the call. They may even put you on hold, play music or read a horoscope.&#8217;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2019\/10\/03\/06\/19239744-7532183-A_number_of_Facebook_users_commented_saying_they_ve_received_sus-a-20_1570082122971.jpg\" alt=\"A number of Facebook users commented saying they've received suspicious calls this past week, particularly from Tunisia in northern Africa\"\/><figcaption><em>A number of Facebook users commented saying they&#8217;ve received suspicious calls this past week, particularly from Tunisia in northern Africa<\/em> <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Scamwatch said that because the call operates as a 1900 number or premium mobile service, a large percentage of the call charge is passed onto the scammer by by the person&#8217;s service provider.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;If you receive an unexpected missed call from an international number you don&#8217;t recognise, ignore it,&#8217; Scamwatch said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;If you are receiving repeated missed calls, block the number.&#8217;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">NSW Police warned against picking up unknown numbers from international callers, or ringing them back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;Had a call from an unfamiliar international number? Don&#8217;t answer or ring back &#8211; it could be a scam that&#8217;ll cost you a small fortune,&#8217; it warned on their Facebook page.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">A number of Facebook users commented saying they&#8217;ve received suspicious calls this past week, particularly from Tunisia in northern Africa.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8216;Guess the explains the three calls from Tunisia I&#8217;ve received the last few days that only rang for 3 seconds. Two different numbers, both blocked immediately,&#8217; one comment read.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8216;I\u2019ve had plenty in the past. Most recent only a couple of days ago from Tunisia. I always ignore the call &amp; then block the number,&#8217; read another.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8216;Tunisia is a regular caller for me &#8211; unanswered of course,&#8217; a person said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8216;I keep getting calls from Tunisia. Don\u2019t answer and block number. A few hours later again Tunisia from a different number. I have already blocked three numbers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>With inputs from <\/em><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-7532183\/Missed-phone-call-scam-international-numbers-steals-thousands-Australians.html\">Daily Mail Australia<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scammers target Australians by calling them for one ring and then hanging up When people call the number back their money instantly starts getting fleeced&nbsp; Scamwatch has already received 19 reports of scams from unsuspecting Aussies Police warned against picking up calls from unknown international numbers Unsuspecting Australians are being warned about a phone scam [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19776,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27103","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27103","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=27103"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27103\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27103"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=27103"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=27103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}