Boy, am I glad I did not hear my mobile phone ringing while "global roaming" in Abu Dhabi! Still worried that I may have missed something important back in Australia, I googled the number - and... surprise! I am not the only one. Rang back via VoipBuster (=free) and got just the "goodbye" treatment - obviously the scam is set up for mobile phones only.

I received a call from this number on 2008-05-10 @ 13:39.  Voice recording stating my mobile number had been credited to use a quiz.

I got scammed by exactly the same sh-te and I want to know is this going to cost me any money???!!!  I've heard nightmare stories about this kind of thing...

(02) 9016 5617 this number calls my fleet of staff...

i just got a call from that number and answered it, and it was the pre recorded msg asking the trivia question about john howard and kevin rudd. its the exact same competition that i have seen on television adds where they ask a really really stupid easy question like that and get u to sms the answer to win money, even the add looks really lame. my mobile is credit and not a plan so im hoping i dont get any charges to my account.

i wish phone companies would be aware of this spam and block the number from their networks.

-ChaZ

my daughter answered the call with the trivia questions then hung up.she received sms from them saying what are you waiting for she didnt reply but her optus pre paid credit is gone. it seems we've been scaammed.