Accident scammers

They keep calling me claiming I’ve been in a car accident (which is a lie). They have British/Irish accents. Following numbers all go to the same call centre (They only answer during Australian Business Hours) :

0862555535 who called from (08) 6255 5535?

14 Complaints for (08) 6255 5536 in Australia 0862555536

13 Complaints for (08) 6255 5537 in Australia 0862555537

16 Complaints for (08) 6255 5538 in Australia 0862555538

9 Complaints for (08) 6255 5539 in Australia 0862555539

18 Complaints for (08) 6255 5540 in Australia 0862555540 1/2

Call em using BobRTC:

https://bobrtc.live/phonebook/dial/61862555535

https://bobrtc.live/phonebook/dial/61862555536

https://bobrtc.live/phonebook/dial/61862555537

https://bobrtc.live/phonebook/dial/61862555538

https://bobrtc.live/phonebook/dial/61862555539

https://bobrtc.live/phonebook/dial/61862555540

I have never heard of these kinds of scams. How do these scams even work? Do people actually fall for that?

@Zen#120289 Sometimes they offer compensation like RACQ scam sees caller ring ABC News offering compensation over car crash - ABC News and sometimes they try to say you caused the accident and try to extort money out of their victims. In both cases they will try to get your details to put on a “suckers/victim” list.

Also scamnet they may use details they obtain from the victim to commit identity theft

@AussieScamBuster#120285 Did they call you on all those adjoining numbers? Or how did you find all numbers related to the same call center.

It’ll help with polishing my current research skills

@TheLittleBirdWhoToldYou#120355 They called my burner phone from one number (other consecutive numbers were easy to guess). https://www.reverseaustralia.com is a great resource for finding Aussie scam numbers, but lots of numbers on there are legit. You accidentally downvoted my original post, can I get a fixation please lol

Edit: most of their numbers are down right now

@AussieScamBuster#120358 Ah i see, also sorry about the accidental downvote…starting to wonder if the sites acting up or i just have butter fingers

New number https://bobrtc.live/phonebook/dial/61862555659

New number https://bobrtc.live/phonebook/dial/61862555888

19 Complaints for (08) 6255 5888 in Australia 0862555888