Scams like these

[Forg]

02 SYD (NSW)
03 MEL (VIC)
07 BNE (QLD)
numbers, keep asking me to download something, dont know what, just delete them.

You’re getting SMS’s from landlines?!

 

[AustraliaPoochie]

Those are calls, or maybe SMS.
0488 856 ***
0422 299 ***
02 3816 15** with an exclamation mark.
02 7246 43**

 

[VPS]

Always interesting to get an email from a Canadian lawyer with a Nigeria domain email

 

[Forg]

Those are calls, or maybe SMS.
0488 856 ***
0422 299 ***
02 3816 15** with an exclamation mark.
02 7246 43**

Now I’m intrigued as to how these scams work!

So is it someone calling you and talking to you, how do they get far enough before you hang-up to get to the part of the conversation where they ask you to download something? Or is it a pre-recorded message?