I have received a few calls from this number and everytime I have answered the call they have hung up on me, so today I decided to call the number back and I heard a recorded message saying something about OnePath life insurance. I will now be adding my number to the Do Not Call Register

They've started to call and hang up on me this week ... grrrr....

Not

They're still hammering away at my wife's phone, will tell ANZ I'll shift my loans elsewhere if they don't piss off.

More telemarketers probably not even really in this country.
This is pathetic and ridiculous
more so in this case I am already with the ANZ.
so I already get mail with their offers.
I think I will make a call to the bank as well as other means to get off their call list.

It's ANz

Today I received I call from (02) 8217 8051, which I heard ringing in my mobile. As it tooks some seconds for me to answer it, when I select the Answer button, I did notice that instead of someone being responding me, the call back in some way has been activated to 'call out mode' ring back to their number, as I could hear the ringing on the other side, as if I have done the call in the first place.
ON the screen of my mobile it shows both calls the one that came in from (02) 8217 8051 and the one that went out to (02) 8217 8051, WITHOUT ANY IMPUT OR ACTION FROM MY PART!
Aware that it was to connect me I canceled the call before someone had responded. It is a swindling and malicious way to take money from people by making call charges on behalf of others.
I searched on the internet about this number and lot but lot of people has suffered same experience without a way on how to STOP it.
I did researched the number in the internet, am surprisingly this number has been reported hundreds of time on various sites of doing such action. As it looks NOBODY has yet taken them down and are doing swindle business as usual at expenses of people's money.
I reported to both the QLD Ombudsman & Optus Complains. IF some one has three calls registered from this number, that is enough for the Service Provider to lodge a legal complain and report to Police

ok i am sufficiently SICK & FED UP of these stupid monkeys

been averaging 2-3 missed calls from this number (02) 8217 8051 daily for past fortnight

tried this today when phone was in hand when it rang...

1, answer & listen, don't say anything... you're "in queue" anyway

2, wait for a couple of clicks... till the autodialler connects your call to a human

3, when human says first word just YELL INTO YOUR PHONE LOUD whatever you wish to tell them

4, JUST KEEP YELLING for 5-10s then hangup.

no more Mr Nice Guy, i'm now out to get even + Interest!
(since you guys say they're bank related hey?)

You disturb my peace, you deserve your lot.

Caller: (02) 8217 8051
Call Type: Telemarketer


btw just checked my Call History on the phone, counted SEVEN (7) calls
from (02) 8217 8051 since Tuesday. Heck its not even COB Thursday now!

GRRRR!!!

now i'm even angrier... maybe should call them back & YELL AT THEM SOME MORE!!

Cozza is right it is a survey mob.I stopped doing them a year ago and they still send text,email and calls.I closed my account with the survey mob and they dont stop even after you stop all actions.Be careful surveys are a total ripoff you spend so much time getting nothing for your time.Dont waste your folks.Cheers

Keep getting calls from this number (In Syd Australia), and no one speaks, I have tried calling back (rings twice, then goes dead). Would be interested to know who it is!!!

This number has been calling me continually for weeks now and yesterday I asked to be removed from their calling list. The girl told me she was callng on behalf of the ANZ Mastercard to which I replied again, I want to be removed from your calling list. She went okay and hung up!!! HOw do I get off of their list. I know that this company work on behalf of Anz and ING

I keep getting calls from this number too, each time i never hear my phone ringing and no message is left. Roughly once a week. How can i stop it?

Same story as others... Calls to mobile started off once a week but became more frequent (1-2 daily). However my blood boiled when I received a call from them at work today. I recognised the number on caller ID and when they asked for me by name I said 'he's not here, can I take a message?' to which they replied 'no, it's not urgent'... Have had an absolute gutful and will be venting my spleen with them when I get a chance!

I received two calls today. Answered the second call, heard some strange music for about two seconds, then the line disconnected. I rang back from a scrambled land-line; it picked up and disconnected immediately. No voice on the line.

Interested to read Kristi's comments above about it being ING / ANZ telemarketing.

Same thing happened to me in December with my then health insurer, Medibank Private. I DID ring them back and they said it was their marketing dept. I told them to remove any and all phone numbers from my account, and add a DO NOT CALL note to my account. I told them any further calls like this would result in me terminating my policy. They assured me there would be no further calls to my phone.

They rang back a third time. Same deal. I returned the call to their marketing department to advise them they were single-handedly responsible for me terminating my $1,000 p.a. policy, of which I'd made $200 of claims in 3 yrs. They tried to negotiate me away from my decision. They were unsuccessful.

They refunded the unused portion of my policy and included a $30 DJ's voucher.

I will give ANZ the same opportunity to cease any further calls before pulling my various accounts from them.