My father is of a certain age and gets taken in by these people who are not volunteers, but are paid to harass people while they are cooking etc etc....bad form. If we wanted to donate then we would. Paying people to harass others is not how real charities work. And before the knockers start my father was a volunteer fireman.

It would be so much better if people had to opt in to get unwanted unsolicited calls, not opt out

Caller: Not sure if it is spam or Qld Rural Fire Brigade fund raising.

5 unanswered calls since 12/12/20 from this number, quite persistent and because they do cold calls they are unaware that the person they are calling is recently deceased by one month. I will block them.

do not know who called as they did not leave a message but it appears as though this number is back in use

Caller: (07) 5480 1369

I didn't answer it as it was an unknown number to me. They rang for 23 seconds and hung up, didn't leave a voice message. Looking at the previous messages this is definitely a scam and not the rural fire brigade. Don't be tricked like 'Bob'. But Bob himself might be a scammer as well :)

Caller: (07) 5480 1369

Stopped calling for a while, but is back on trying to scam me for Firies fundraising. Do NOT give any personal details!

Received a phone call from (07) 5480 1369 today. I answered it as it appears as a proper number. I said Hello twice, No answer. I am so annoyed with the people who are dialling my number for scams.

Th people who try to get others money in a middle of a pandemic are the worse. They are not humans. They are monsters. Bad Karma will come back to you

Caller: (07) 5480 1369

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PLEASE READ COMMENTS FROM:

ANNIE + RETROFELLA + JAY + SANDMAN (The BEST MOST ACCURATE COMMENTS!)

ANY phone call anyone receives asking to confirm your details: DON’T! HANG UP!
Asking for Donations: DON’T! HANG UP!

If you really want to donate some $ or help a Cause / Crisis etc -
Sadly, no one out there can be trusted these days to just hand over $ to them, as it NEVER gets to their intended purpose!
We need to get off our lazy a*••• & go HELP - DIRECTLY!

There are plenty of legitimate Government websites & Offices etc to visit, to find out ... (where you can drop off clothes / food / necessities etc ) for the devastated people who have just lost everything!

And I definitely agree with SANDMAN!
WHY AREN’T DETECTIVES INVESTIGATING WHO KEEPS DOING THESE EVIL CRIMES!
THEY WILL NOT STOP UNTIL THEY ARE CAUGHT!
THEY NEED TO BE LOCKED UP!!

Caller: Looking at this page it was a scam

Get phone calls from this number when I answer it’s just silence, seems to be a scam like others have said. Stop bothering people!

I got a call and answered it. I said hello a dozen times but no response. Is that right? If you call me you answer the call not make me wait. You need me, I don’t need you to piss me off and make me wait. Do you think there’s any hope of getting a donation from an upset and angry person, I don’t think so.

As with all these pests. Just block their number they will only get a busy signal when they call

Caller: Fire Charity?

No message, but the phone ID came up as Fire Charity.
I very much doubt this as, what charity would call someone in such desperate and troublesome times with employment sky rocketing and so many, like myself, have been put out of work. Especially considering the 10's of millions of dollars that have been raised for them recently in the wake of the bushfire crisis.I, for one, am skeptical! Number is now blocked!

Just got a call from (07) 5480 1369 and they didn't respond after I answered it so I just hung up on them

I receive a call from the above number on my house phone quite often, mind you my home number is meant to be silent.
They don’t leave a message and when I call back they don’t answer.

Definitely a scam.

the do not call register doesn't apply to non profit organizations and charities,lovely loophole they have there to get around the do not call register.

Caller: Rural fire service of queensland

hi i just received a call about 10 minutes ago from somebody claiming to be from the rural fire service.so i rang the rural fire service and spoke to them,asked them if this number is indeed form them,he confirmed yes it is a genuine call from the rural fire service,and he even went as far as to tell me he was in Gympie.he said on the website you can look the numbers up they use to call and they are indeed actively raising funds at the moment.so if you do get a call from this number it is the rural fire service.

Caller: Scammer

scammers pretending to be RFS

I just googled it ...I asked if the rfb solicits donations via ph it said its there policy not to use phones for donations but the do sell tickets via ph once a year... shame on the scammers i hope there houses burn down i havent answered my home or plugged it in for nearly 4 years now due to harrassing ph calls from so called charities. once you put your name down to stop callers your number gets handed out to all the charities omg it was 10 times worse. Ive had the rural fire brigade call my mobil a few times i tell them i wont give details over phone... end of story. Ive told them if there is a bank i can donate in person or do they have adresss in my area i am happy to donate ....you guess it....they say you have to give your credit card details to them there is no other was.... i call that bullsh*t ... scammers

Why can't Telstra shut down this phone no.???

Caller: RFBAQ

RFBAQ - Rural Fire Brigades Association of Queensland - they raise funds for all the volunteer rural fire fighters throughout Qld.
I have told RFBAQ on numerous phone call occasions, this is what I do in my retirement.(For the past 6 years, I have been / AM a RFS volunteer.)
I am unaware of any funding from RFBAQ direct to my brigade.

Must Haves:
Uniforms / PPC, Fuel, tyres, major service and repairs etc ARE paid for by the Qld Government & QLD taxpayer through levies and other funding.

Nice to Haves:
donated / Grants from various companies and entries

Other things we do for ourselves.

And YES the QLD Govt does A LOT ON THE CHEAP OR NOT AT ALL