Caller: Supposedly the Federal Govt

After been ask if she was speaking to me, I was told she was calling from the federal government. I replied with I don’t want nothing to do with the government, to which she asked if I was a home owner. I replied that I don’t have to tell you that and then hung up.

Part of a series of numbers that has called non-stop all afternoon and evening. This one called at 4.30pm and they immediately follow with a diff number. This number was used again at 8.45pm. It's like whackamole, block numbers and they keep using different scam numbers.

Don't answer calls you don't recognise. You could get locked out of your own phone like I did! The screen was moving but I was locked out. I couldn't even turn my phone off!
If it was someone legitimate then they will contact you another way!

They used my online alias name instead of my legal name, so they've obviously collected people's personal information online

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Suspect a scammer, or a telemarketer
Claimed to be an enery company trying to "help" home owner get federal goverment electricity rebate.
Asked them where they got my full name (actaully my preferred name). Said from somewhere.
Told them I am renting then been hang up straight away.
Suggest to hang up them straight

indian scammer

Caller: Australian woman

They asked about why I hadn't applied for a solar grant however hung up the second I asked them to tell me which address it was for