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This has happened with us many a times when we sit at home and think of watching a movie or some game, at that exact time we receive a call from some number starting from +61 or numbers like +61212345678!

But what are these numbers and who is calling me from these numbers? I have seen a lot of people asking questions like these;

• who called me from this number australia
• who called me australia

One has to understand that there can be several different reasons about why you are receiving calls from numbers that seem to be Australian in origin and this is because there are several companies that are selling and buying our data.

You might have gone for shopping or even on a fast food stall. There before taking the order, any service manager asks for your phone number casually and we also give our phone numbers casually as if the person taking our mobile number was our real brother. This is really wrong habit because sharing your number is a privacy concern. Why would you give your number to other company or organization, and how do you know that they are not going to sell your phone number further for their profits?

This is what happens and this is the exact reason, why you are receiving calls from an Australian number. Sometimes the numbers can be from other retail shops or marketing companies and sometimes these are from banks or some credit card companies to seel you a credit card or usually they offer a loan.

But in all the situations this is wrong and it takes a lot of work to get rid of the calls like these.

Having said that there are people that might also be genuine, for example, if you have a friend or family member who has shifted to Australia, might be they have deliberately called you to connect with you. But it all depends what all transactions have you done in past. Is it because of the retail and banking work that you had completed or some new connections that you made in Australia while your trip there.

One has to understand that if you are not from Australia and you don't seem to have any direct connections in Australia, in that case, if someone calls you from an Australian number, then be cautious because someone can be trying to fraud you as well, because there are several con artists in this world that change their numbers and then call to innocent people because of which they believe them and then those con artists rob those innocent people.

If you are not sure about the number, in that case it is always better to not pick those calls and report them on Caller IDs like True Caller etc that help in identifying these fraudsters.