This is a very appropriate post for Scam Awareness Week.
I would suggest that you write to your FEDERAL Government representative as telecommunications is a Federal matter. At this stage, the Federal Government is doing just about half of absolutely nothing meaningful to protect Australians from phone number spoofing even from within Australia.
As has been explained, scammers can make calls appear to emanate from any number, including the AFP, ATO, even your own number. This is spoofing. For more information you can search the forum using the magnifying glass. Here are some of the discussions we have had: Caller ID Spoofing, 0279812755 : Another Telstra impostor - #13 by grahroll, Unsolicited SMSs - #20 by postulative, Spam, Junk Mail, Email Scams, Phishing, etc issues - #111 by phb, More Creative Scams - #2 by meltam
All that is happening to this time is that various Government authorities are tallying the millions of dollars that have been swindled from hapless victims by a variety of scams, including via phone calls.
