I work for this company. It is not a scam. Our website: https://www.srcentre.com.au/

Proper researchers would act ethically.

Caller: The Social Research Centre

Random SMS from 0477 934 948.

"The Social Research Centre has selected you for an important national study. You will receive a link this evening. For more information go to www.srcentre.com.au/our-research/life-in-australia-study or to opt out call 1800 023 040"

It's not a scam but you should not be clicking on links from a random SMS. That is bad security practice. Blocked and deleted.

Caller: Trevor

Message on answering machine. Claimed to be conducting a survey on satisfaction with policing. Got to be a scam call.
Caller ID: (03) 8383 4904
Call back number: 1800 023 040

If you are not a scam I think you need to change your contact method. I do not respond to generic text messages and I do not unswer calls from unknown numbers and even if I did I would not respond to robot-surveys.

Caller: SRC / ACT Health

This is the Social Research Centre, part of the Australian National University. Many organisations including government bodies use the SRC to conduct surveys on their behalf. Took me literally one Google search to find this out. It is not a scam.

part of a scam for a so-called research company - see 0481 071 118 for comments

left a message to call back if i wanted to opt out of the survey that i didnt sign up for so dialed the number during the day on a thursday, was told by recorded message to ring during work hours....well f*ck i drive heavy vehicles and do shift work so dont call me EVER.

If this is a genuine research organisation they need to change their research method. I don't reply to unsolicited sms messages and I do not answer unidentifiable calls as a rule. If I do I do not respond to robot-questions.

Phone number linked to an unsolicited sms from a likely spammer using 0481 071 118

This has to be a SCAM! I received the following SMS on October 16.
“You’ve been selected to take part in an important survey for ACT Health. An interviewer from the Social Research Centre will call you in the coming days to ask you to participate. Call 1800 023 040 for more info or to opt out”
Two months later still no “coming days” call.
Looks like it’s a good way of identifying phone numbers of gullible people who then call the 1800 number

I got the same thing. It unsolicited and not to mention I am the do not contact list. The URL looks doggie is not HTTPS as the other user mentions. You aren't allow to OPT IN people without permission. Block and reported to spam.

I don't like unsolicited spam, whether the entity is real or not. The research centre can gtfo.

If you work for them - then they need to look at this page. I agree with the bulk of the sentiments expressed on this page - SCAM at first appearance. Their message comes across as a classic scam - and most people wouldn't bother to search - and I would just hang up on call or tell them to go jump.

Genuine company but idiots. Cold call (text) every day, and if you want to opt out you have to call a 1800 number that goes to a queue, and then to an answering machine. Incompetent buffoons doing useless surveys for government departments. They are spammers who should be banned from receiving governement contracts.

Probably genuine, but incompetent clowns. To get them to stop texting every day you have to call a 1800 number, they put you in a queue and then dump you to an answering machine. Total annoying buffoonery milking government departments doing pointless surveys.

Caller: Social Research Centre

This ANU connected research centre randomly generated their contact lists from the whole Australian Mobile number ranges; then pressed send.

Caller: 1800 023 040

I also work for this company and it is a registered Social research company in Australia with local advisors making the calls.

Caller: (02) 4004 3020

ask call back 1800 023 040

can a minor own a phone?