Crackdown on scam phone calls which have netted $36 million this year

, with more than 10,000 scams reported per month.

Another two prominent scams involve international numbers, including so called "Wangiri" scams that rely on Australians returning missed calls at an extortionate price. Telecommunication companies will now be required to share details of the scams with their customers and competitors as well as reporting the scams to authorities.

The current advice is for Australians never to give out private details unless they made the initial phone call and to be cautious with unknown numbers."They quickly adapt to changing circumstances.

Code of conduct too weak full of holes that any lnp donor could all too easily wriggle through.

We really need protection against scam calls, it is really annoying and needs to stop!!! StopScamCalls

Quite a few annoying contacts I’ve had have come from third party apps or websites. A query to the intermediary sources, the IP address is provided..... then off to the police. Job done. Not sure the code of conduct will help all of the avenues, but fingers crossed 🤞🏻

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