Comments on 0448 222 001

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6 complaints this year, 113 total complaints

6 complaints this year, 113 total complaints

Comments on 0448 222 001


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Posted on December 1, 2012
Caller type: SMS
Location: Australia
Posing as a westpac service. Requests confirmation for alleged limit increase.
29 found this comment helpful
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Anonymous

Posted on October 9, 2017
Caller type: SMS
Location: Australia
This is not spam. It is the Westpac verification service.
17 found this comment helpful
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Peter

Posted on October 6, 2015
Caller type: SMS
Location: Australia
This is not a scam. It is part of Westpac's 2-stage verification of payment requests. I log into my account, tell Westpac to make a certain payment. Within a minute or two I receive an SMS from this phone number number which shows a six-digit (I think) code. I then type this code into the payment transaction that is not yet complete. Once this code has been verified by Westpac's computer, the transaction becomes authorised and is implemented. Quite a secure system - a hacker would have to have hacked into my account, and also stolen my mobile, to complete the transaction.
11 found this comment helpful
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Anonymous

Posted on December 17, 2017
Caller type: Scam call
Location: Australia
this is definite scam. Rang number and recorded message says this number has been disconnected. those saying it was correct westpa number are connected to the scam and trying to trick you into following message details and you loose $500.
9 found this comment helpful
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Kevin M

Posted on December 31, 2018
Caller type: SMS
Location: Australia
It is definitely a scam even 6 years later they are still using the same phony mobile number. They rang me on my unlisted number which the bank has no knowledge of so whoever reckons it is not a scam go ahead and lose your money
5 found this comment helpful
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Reefhunter

Posted on October 20, 2022
Caller type: Financial services
Location: United States
Caller: Westpac SMS Protect

Genuinely Westpac's SMS Protect mobile number used to send codes to Westpac customers as a form of 2 Factor Authentication (2FA).
Where people may be getting confused;
• If you receive this but don't bank with Westpac, it's possible you're using a recycled number from a Westpac customer
• A Westpac customer has mistakenly given Westpac their incorrect number
• Westpac's number may have been spoofed, so be diligent. Do not click on any Hyperlink within the SMS, including those highlighted, (blue characters etc) even if it appears to be Westpac's correct phone numbers. Call any contact numbers independently, by dialling the CORRECT number. There is no reason to click on anything in these SMS's.
• I can't ensure that even if you don't click on anything within these SMS's, that they haven't already caused malicious damage. I haven't quite identified that, in my long suffering journey to escape the clasps of an insidious, incessive sophisticated hit on my cyber security.
4 found this comment helpful
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Anonymous

Posted on December 30, 2017
Caller type: Unknown
Location: Australia
has anyone thought of calling Westpac.!? I have received many verification codes over the years, and I'm a foundation customer, the code always arrive within a minute of the involved transaction being action-ed to allow you to 1. verify that it is you 2. for the transaction to continue to finality. One would have thought that Reverse Australia with so many calls concerning a Bank that THEY would get to the bottom of it. Or perhaps is Reverse Australia simply just an automated Computer
4 found this comment helpful
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Anonymous

Posted on July 23, 2015
Caller type: SMS
Location: Australia
Verification code from Westpac for payment.
4 found this comment helpful
4

Cherry

Posted on August 30, 2019
Caller type: Other
Location: Australia
Caller: 0448 222 001

Received this txt message twice - IGNORE and BLOCK this number!
Enter SMS Code: 557846 to confirm payment of $1177.00 to BSB 084263 account 681729381. Never share your SMS codes. Unexpected SMS? Call 1300 655 505.
3 found this comment helpful
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Anonymous

Posted on November 13, 2019
Caller type: Financial services
Location: Australia
Caller: Westpac

If someone has a Westpac account and transfers money to another account this is the number that they receive a text from with a code you need to enter to confirm the transaction. If you receive this but dont bank with westpac chances are you may have a recycled number that is on someones westpac file but out of date or when setting up their account they accidently miskeyed their mobile number or accidently gave the wrong number the phone number at the bottom is what you should ring if you receive this text by error and if you google it, it is a genuine westpac phone number
2 found this comment helpful
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Anonymous

Posted on January 16, 2019
Caller type: Unknown
Location: Australia
I was sent a message: Help us protect you against scams by not sharing your Westpac Protect SMS Codes.
2 found this comment helpful
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Rik

Posted on November 25, 2016
Caller type: SMS
Location: Australia
Westpac transfer confirmation code. important and not spam
2 found this comment helpful
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Anonymous

Posted on March 1, 2016
Caller type: SMS
Location: Australia
Westpac security service. Sends a code you need to confirm a cash transfer/payment. Legitimate service.
2 found this comment helpful
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Anonymous

Posted on November 19, 2022
Caller type: Scam call
Location: Australia
Caller: 0448 222 001

Received SMS code from this number to access my digital card - Number is a Westpac SMS code confirmation number but I don't have a digital card and did not make this request
Called Westpac they advised my account doesn't have digital card option and there was nothing further they could do
Not sure if its a Scam or someone has given them wrong mobile number
1 found this comment helpful
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Anonymous

Posted on April 17, 2022
Caller type: SMS
Location: Australia
“If you go onto the Westpac app and look in their Security Section / SMS code and token you will see that they reference the 1300 655 505 number to call.
It is a legit text message.
Other than that, look up their phone number and ring them to confirm, “
1 found this comment helpful
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Anonymous

Posted on November 16, 2020
Caller type: SMS
Location: Malaysia
Got this message from the same number: "Enter SMS Code: 091347 to access your tax details. Never share your SMS codes. Unexpected message?"

So, not Westpac this time? Whoever it is, they are an industrious lot...
1 found this comment helpful
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Pete

Posted on January 24, 2019
Caller type: Unknown
Location: Australia
From - 0448 222 001

"Help us protect you against scams by not sharing your Westpac Protect SMS codes"

No explanation or relevant information.

If it was Westpac, then they are incompetent and time wasting with rubbish like this.

Treated as bullsh*te by me..........
1 found this comment helpful
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Anonymous

Posted on January 14, 2016
Caller type: SMS
Location: Australia
westpac code sms
1 found this comment helpful
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Westpac Verified

Posted on September 21, 2015
Caller type: SMS
Location: Australia
verification code from Westpac Bank
1 found this comment helpful
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Wendy

Posted on February 25, 2024
Caller type: Unknown
Location: Australia
Caller: 0448 222 001

I have login Westpac with another phone number and put code number to login if not call Westpac number
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