I recently received an account from Telstra stating the amount of $61.06 from my landline - I have an Optus acc I didn't make this call to the number so I will not be paying for it!!

rip off merchants !! BEWARE !!!

I'm adding to this one as my wife has just been ripped off by her carrier who are trying to claim that the call was made from her sim card 100% - which is complete BS! $70+ time for the TIO.

Got scammed on this number as well. Fell for the $500 Coles competition. Was unaware that this was a reverse charge number. I was alerted by my provider that I had exceeded my account maximum. However, Vodafone are not willing to cancel these fraudulent charges and thus is condoning its customers being scammed. Vodafone are not being a good corporate citizen like Telstra and supporting its customers against such unauthorised rip off's. All telco's should have done the right thing by it's customers and blocked 1900 numbers. This is negligence on their part which allowed customers to be scammed. Think I'll change providers after discussing this with the Ombudsman.

Received latest Bill 29/04/2017 noticed charge for $18. 029 for call to 1902 228 173.
i did not make this call . will be contacting Telsta

This is a unholy scam. A host of easy questions taking a long time and unknown to the caller, a high charge per minute. You Americans should be ashamed of yourselves, Go out and get a decent job helping people!

Good luck getting your money back from Telstra.

Yesterday I discovered that I too had been charged $103.51 for 3 calls, one lasting 21 sec and at first Telstra informed me that the charges were valid. I insisted to know the identity I was provided 1300 658 951.Crew Media. When I phoned a recorded message asked me to provide my phone number, which I did not.
But this morning I am glad to inform everyone that Telstra agreed for a full refund.

Caught for $23.30, then a further $99.01. Two lesson I learnt form this experience:
(1) NEVER call a line on a caller who charges premium rates for call time (e.g., read the conditions for providing surveys, etc., for gifts, prizes offered and

(2) service provider iinet takes no responsibility for being the channel for the scammer, therefore no refund to the client, even in part. I would have thought that having been a good client for seven years would have deserved some recognition, but NO..........

answered this number out of curiosity. if this number is a Netherlands number people who dial this number should get the same tones we get when dial overseas.
If this number is a fraud Telstra should be blocking these numbers much like they do with blocking file sharing addresses such as pirate bay.

just was told via internet e-mai from iprimus that i have had made a call on this number(NOT) and it is for$ 97.76 hich i have to payif services from iprimus are to continue

I am a mobile Optus client and I also received double my normal account because of the 1902 228 173 number. Just complain and they will refund, as a one time good will they say. But it better not come anymore, as I will not pay for it

definately a scam

Received my bill with an amount of $97.69 plus $8.67 surcharge for number 1902 228 173. Telstra happily gave me a full credit and put block in all 19 numbers. Well done Telstra!

Called vodafone about my charge of $76 to an international number and according to them because i called the number they claim that it is a legit number not a scam and wouldn't make consider it a scam or fraud therefore they wouldn't do anything about the charge. Thanks vodafone. so im going to go instore and see what they can do before i bother to pay anything

I just got my bill from vodafone $76 charge because i stupidly found the coles email for winning the prize last month and didn't realise it was a scam until i googled the number today to find out what country was called so now so hopefully vodafone will refund the charge :( I'll definently be keeping my eyes peeled for 1900 numbers from now on.

Call charges of $212.28 to this number. Trying to sort this out with Telstra on phone now. They mantain the number must have been dialled from the phone. I told them no way and that I have read about it hundreds of times now about this number being a scam. She said we do not go by what is on the internet. I have now been on hold for 25 minutes so hopefully I will have a good outcome when they eventually get back to me!

I have been billed $84.88 by Telstra for a call to this number which I am not responsible for.

I am not a Telstra customer and I Received a bill for 97.79 for a call I did not make (from my landline Optus bill on tha date mentioned ). How can it be? I rang the 1200 number at the Philipines and told me thats my fault to have called this number. I think Telstra has to check their modum operandi as from what I see here they are partners in crime by collecting bills from scammers!

We got sucked in and it cost us $33.

Telstra could easily stop these scams. They don't because they make lots of money out of it.

The government could make Telstra do something about it but they don't care.