Caller: They're back!

Oct 2025: Survey commissioned by a certain party who are trying to win over younger voters rang my number at 7.33pm and a recorded message came on before my ancient mobile fluffed out. They want to know if they should call an election sooner rather than later, even though we had one just a few weeks back... They know how to spend taxpayers' money on anything except what matters!

Caller: Advance

Rang the number using the 1831 trick which blocks yr number, they answered saying “Advance, wanting to conduct a small survey. If you ring them back

and not wanting to show your phone number type - - 1831 (02) 6145 2902.

Caller: (02) 6145 2902

OCT 2025...LOOKS LIKE THESE ARE BACK... BLOCK IN ADVANCE!

Unknown missed call/s outside business hours

Rang -, suspected spam rang out without leaving message

Went to voicemail but didn’t leave a message. Cybertrace classed it as 50% spam caller. Blocked number.

Called just before 7pm, call was ended before my voicemail kicked in. Call showed as from "City, Australian Capital Territory".

Caller: (02) 6145 2902

how dare they call me at 9pm not happy

Unknown caller no message left.

Don't answer

Called this evening. I didn’t answer and they didn’t leave a message.

Paranoid much?

Caller: Spammers

Looks like they’re active again. Called on wife’s phone. Blocked.

like to cancel my order for now , have [plenty of them thankyou

missed call, no message left. spam. comments great.

Rang 5 times in quick succession. Didn’t pick up. After reading reports here, I’m glad I didn’t.

Advance Australia is on their recorded message and they are conducting political surveys.

I have over 200 numbers under "Spammers" in my contacts list. I am so popular! :-P

Caller: (02) 6145 2902

Scam call from Canberra. Blocked.

Whoever these pests/robots are, they attempted to phone me at 7.46pm. In my home. At least I'd already blocked all (02) numbers as a result of the plague of scammers using what are for me interstate numbers, so I didn't hear the phone.
Please take the advice of so many of the authorities and do not ever answer calls from unknown numbers. And block the numbers of the countless persistent harassers of innocent people. Legitimate callers will leave a message so that you can return the call if you want to, or intercept the message if it's someone you may actually want to speak to. That's pretty rare these days.