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SUSstren89
post May 31 2014, 05:27 PM

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My fixed phone got government office fax number giving calls at early morning and nights.

It's can't be govt offices after operating hours. 11pm - 3am?

When answered, no one on the other side but you hear like fax tones.
They are called phantom calls to detect active phone lines for future tele-marketing forwards.

This is obvious inside job either by TM contractors or civil servants.

Also TM VoIP call servers might be bugged or infected by malicious virus.

Anyone got receive Nigerian scam calls even originating from Bukit Aman number (03-26163999) before?



How they got the number, I suspect government offices and numbers are using UniFi VoIP accounts and they've all been leaked by inside jobs.
Most notably, are TM installers/contractors who provision the accounts or even the government IT staff who have access to the communications infrastructure.

If people can gain access into the UniFi BTU which holds the UniFi VoIP account settings/login, lots of unthinkabe things can be done with it.
One of it is running Nigerian scam call centres and future threats such as voice keyword detection now happening in western countries.

Forced bundling of voice service is actually unnecessary. We should follow SG and Thailand's national broadband initiatives. They don't force bundle voice and video on their services.
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post May 31 2014, 10:14 PM

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QUOTE(stren89 @ May 31 2014, 05:27 PM)
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and problem amongst us is we dont fight for our rights to be protected as a net user.
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post May 31 2014, 11:59 PM

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QUOTE(stren89 @ May 31 2014, 05:27 PM)
My fixed phone got government office fax number giving calls at early morning and nights.

It's can't be govt offices after operating hours. 11pm - 3am?

When answered, no one on the other side but you hear like fax tones.
They are called phantom calls to detect active phone lines for future tele-marketing forwards.

This is obvious inside job either by TM contractors or civil servants.

Also TM VoIP call servers might be bugged or infected by malicious virus.

Anyone got receive Nigerian scam calls even originating from Bukit Aman number (03-26163999) before?



How they got the number, I suspect government offices and numbers are using UniFi VoIP accounts and they've all been leaked by inside jobs.
Most notably, are TM installers/contractors who provision the accounts or even the government IT staff who have access to the communications infrastructure.

If people can gain access into the UniFi BTU which holds the UniFi VoIP account settings/login, lots of unthinkabe things can be done with it.
One of it is running Nigerian scam call centres and future threats such as voice keyword detection now happening in western countries.

Forced bundling of voice service is actually unnecessary. We should follow SG and Thailand's national broadband initiatives. They don't force bundle voice and video on their services.
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please note, government doesn't use TM or unifi for its internet line, its under GITN network.

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post Jun 1 2014, 01:30 AM

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QUOTE(ironite @ May 31 2014, 11:14 AM)
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I've checked with whosecall app

the 014 number got scam alert

the 03 5517 1188 belong to one company named

Noble Nexus Sdn Bhd
No. 48, Jalan Pelabur A 23/A, Seksyen 23, Shah Alam

A collection company?
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This matter was raised in another post going back to November2008 involving Noble Nexus https://forum.lowyat.net/topic/843342/all
SUSstren89
post Jun 1 2014, 01:35 AM

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QUOTE(Max @ May 31 2014, 11:59 PM)
please note, government doesn't use TM or unifi for its internet line, its under GITN network.
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You are quoting the wrong service with a wrong thread.

It is not internet access we're discussing here.

It's TM's fixed line NGN voice network which was converted into a VoIP service just a few years back with the introduction of UniFi.

This VoIP login account can be found inside every UniFi BTU setting for users to make voice calls with its BTU RJ-11 port.

If you manage to access it, and knows what protocols they use you can create a call centre and make calls with that stolen VoIP account. There were concerns earlier that people's voice accounts getting stolen and high IDD calls were charged. Then TM made it compulsory that IDD call function must be activated by the account user through form filling request/calling 100 support.
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post Jun 2 2014, 01:56 PM

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QUOTE(fireballs @ May 31 2014, 12:47 AM)
simple.. possibly your mailbox was broken into and your bill was stolen (thus have all your info)
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Or someone in the TM customer care hotline has been selling customers' info. Quite common in telcos. Easy money to sell customers' details.

Per customer's details is few thousands, who wouldn't want that money?

In Singapore got people kena jail and sued for fraud already.
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post Jun 5 2014, 11:08 AM

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QUOTE(ClericKilla @ May 31 2014, 12:45 AM)
- I am a 5mbps user and I pay RM147 per month for the past 2 years.
sorry, slightly off topic... how did you get RM2 off from the normal RM149 p.m.? TQ biggrin.gif

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post Jun 5 2014, 11:30 AM

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QUOTE(giko @ Jun 5 2014, 11:08 AM)
sorry, slightly off topic... how did you get RM2 off from the normal RM149 p.m.? TQ  biggrin.gif
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I dont know every month I got charged RM147 hahaha it sent as an sms
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post Jun 5 2014, 11:56 AM

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QUOTE(Max @ May 31 2014, 11:59 PM)
please note, government doesn't use TM or unifi for its internet line, its under GITN network.
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yeah, most majority gov office using GITN.
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post Jun 5 2014, 02:31 PM

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QUOTE(ClericKilla @ Jun 5 2014, 11:30 AM)
I dont know every month I got charged RM147 hahaha it sent as an sms
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It is autopay "reward", deduct RM2 every time, good for Credit Card users.
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post Jun 5 2014, 02:37 PM

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QUOTE(ClericKilla @ May 31 2014, 12:45 AM)
Hello Lowyat Forum members,

I am not sure where to post this in the forum but I figure this is the best suitable place after reading the rules n regulations. Hope admin reads as well and consider where to move it to for the appropriate place.

A short intro for myself as a unifi user,
- I am a 5mbps user and I pay RM147 per month for the past 2 years.
- I am a consistent payer as I use auto bill every month

Today I got a shocking call from this number (03 5517 1188)

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A : Hello sir, I am from the Telekom Malaysia. We know you are an unifi user for 2 years already but currently your debt you owed to us is RM500
B : Okay. I am an auto bill person and yesterday UniFi sent me a messaged that I have paid my bills.
A : Hello sir, unfortunately you had not pay at all. We need you to pay today or we plan to send this case to Court
B : Okay. I'll go and check my unifi bill first.
A : *Raised his voice* You better bank in before 5pm (30th May 2014) or we brining this case up to court
B : Okay. I'll go check first before 5pm and if its a need to pay i'll pay. Thank you bye.

- closes call -

As evidence I have always paid my unifi bill via autobill and unifi will always send me a message to confirmed I have paid,
and i receive a msg from them today (30th May 2014) stating I have cleared my payments.
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So I am quite shocked on the fact that I owe them RM500, how is that possible when my bill is RM147 per month, it will never reach even number.
Why I want to open this thread? Because by far this scam seems very legit, it was in a office that he made a call to me and screwing me over the fact I didn't pay RM500 which I did.
I want to help by warning people if you have receive this type of call it's pretty much I can conclude a scam.

These company knows my phone, my surname and my history of UniFi thats quite surprising. After my call ended they sent me a message as well

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This photo of my account numbers is from last year October 2013 when my autobill did not work because I changed my credit card so I have already solved the issue by entering new credit card number n every month my unifi is auto billed until 2014 with no any problems.
shocking.gif  shocking.gif  Another fact you can see the number account of mine they sent me isn't my number account and from there i can actually conclude its a scam at the same time these scammers wont give up, keep calling me.

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- 014 7273 295
- 014 7273 280

Beware!!
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