Be careful - they use (03) 9961- 0267, 0268, 0282, 0283, 0284. Surely something can be done to stop this dreadful mob!

WATCH OUT!!! They call themselves "Kindness Project" It IS an overseas scam, with no ABN
They use (03) 9961 0264, 0265, 0266, 0267, 0268 0281, 0282, 0283, 0284
Also (03) 4108 9942
Also (03) 4504 2450, 2451
Also 03 0451 231 008
I have had 54 calls from these number5s since 24/04 (all blocked)
Next step is to contact ALL telcos & the communications minister TO BAN THEM (but they will possibly sit on their backsides collect their huge pays & do nothing - as usual!!!!!!!!.

I bought stuff on TEMU, immediately after I started getting spam phone calls from the numbers I have listed below. Your details will be sold to unsolicited and fake call centres, supposedly calling themselves charities. That is how all the stuff on TEMU is cheap. Here is the list of fake phone numbers that have tried to spam me so far, just in case you get a call from one of them. I have had multiple phone calls from each number, and this started on 25 May 2023 – less than one month has passed since this this post. They are trying to extract details out of you, don't fall for it. As you can see, they are very, very persistent and will cycle through a raft of phone numbers.
(02) 8073 4185
(02) 8073 4198
(02) 8073 5200
(03) 4108 9940
(03) 4108 9942
(03) 4504 2450
(03) 4504 2451
(03) 4513 1008
(03) 8769 8555
(03) 9961 0264
(03) 9961 0265
(03) 9961 0266
(03) 9961 0267
(03) 9961 0281
(03) 9961 0282
(03) 9961 0283
(03) 9961 0284
(03) 9961 0285

It's this lot of lowlife scammers again, starting to call from a different series of numbers after I blocked the previous ones.
After missing calls yesterday and this morning, and another one from (03) 9961 0267, I picked up the phone this afternoon just to listen. (I never answer calls from unknown numbers these days.) After a period of silence, someone with an American accent said it was the damned Kindness Project (scam). I let her ramble on before she asked if there was anyone there. (Silence) And when she finally gave up, I got a recorded message saying, totally weirdly, "You have been kicked from this conference"! Kicked! Conference! Lunatics.
Why these primitive bottom feeders are so utterly determined to speak to me when I have never answered any of their countless calls is beyond me, but I am heartily sick of them and the others like them.
Please do not answer calls from these scamming pests or the plague will never end.

I agree, its rediculous, I am blocking number after number day after day

Caller: A very dodgy charity which is overseas based

A charity that has called me many times since last Easter. I've been blocking their numbers but they seem to have access to dozens.

Keep calling from different numbers after I keep blocking them. Last digits changing 0282, 0284 etc.

Caller: Scam

Here we go again. This is from the Kindness Charity people again. They have changed their numbers again. They have used this one as well as (03) 9961 0265. They are based in the philippines. BEWARE. As far as I am concerned they are a SCAM organisation and I have reported them to my telecon provider as well as ACCC. Time to get them back. If you ring the number you only get a recorded message and if you want to OPT OUT then leave your name and number. What a whole load of croc. They just keep ringing.

phone numbers (03) 9961 0282/">(03) 9961 0282/">(03) 9961 0282 and similar variant numbers have been calling our number since last March this year.
the phone calls were harassing and distressing.
we did a search online and found that :
"Looking for (03) 9961 0282/">(03) 9961 0282/">(03) 9961 0282 / 0061(03) 9961 0282/">(03) 9961 0282 / (03) 9961 0282/">(03) 9961 0282 caller name? The caller is located in Australia and uses a phone number by Symbio Networks Pty Ltd."
we are about to contact ACMA and complain about Symbio Networks.
ACMA can be contacted on 1300 850 115 or by email info @ acma.gov.au

"The ACMA has formally warned Symbio Networks Pty Ltd and Symbio Wholesale Pty Limited (both part of the Symbio Group) for failing to adequately investigate suspected scam calls.. Symbio is the first telco found to have breached the Reducing Scam Calls Industry Code, which came into force in December 2020. The code requires telcos to identify and block scam calls"

All the nuisance calls are traced back to Symbio Networks:

"Just received another scam phone call from (02) 8416 8014 which I traced back to Symbio networks. I called them and they verified the number was with one of the wholesale providers."

we can also contact SYMBIO NETWORKS to warn them to stop these distressing , nuisance and harassment calls and refer the matter to ACMA.

The calls emanating from 0(03) 9961 0282/">(03) 9961 0282 must be stopped by all means.

we must all band together and send our complaints to:
ACMA
SYMBIO NETWORKS PTY LTD

This is just unacceptable that they keep calling us several times a day and at times causing us much inconvenience constituting HARASSMENT

Caller: Charity

After a long spiel (could've been a robot) they end up asking you for money!!!!!

How can we not have the technology in 2023 to do something about the incessant harassment of helpless people by these relentless scumbags. They will not stop calling, even if you've never answered and blocked the number long ago. For all they know, you're elderly and disabled, but they simply will not stop. The authorities are aware of it but either can't or won't do a thing about it.
Please do not ever answer calls from unknown numbers. I know it will never happen, but if no one in the country ever answered scam phone calls, they would eventually stop.

Caller: Kindness Foundation

Overseas call centre with a sob story hoping to get donations.

Caller: The Kindness Project overseas call centre

Charity caller using clever tactics to appeal to your sense of community obligation to extract personal information and money from you. Don't fall for these unsolicited calls.

Caller: Female voice (could be a clever recording)

Some woman with an accent asking for money.

Caller: 03 9961028X

Spam calls

just rang me on (03) 9961 0282 , will block this number as well. Thinking about doing a Rick Roll and a Jenny Talia Focus song on them

Unsolicited call, unanswered and blocked

Spam call, from the '03 9961 xxxx' collection.

Caller: (03) 9961 0282

Pain in the bot rang first thing in morning and hung up as soon as answering machine answers so scammers, if representing a charity they are certainly helping us hate the charity and not helping the charity at all. They are a bunch of liars.

Another nuisance call, probably from a scammer, following one the previous day from a similar number (03) 9961 0267). The lowlifes call and don't speak.