Warning over 'dial 1' phone scam in Australia
Scamwatch posted a tweet today saying people had been receiving phone calls with automated messages that pretended to inform the listener of a problem.
+61 3 9706 9855
Australian Wrapping Company
Verified profile
Dandenong, Victoria
Australia
Dandenong is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 29 km south-east from the Melbourne CBD. Situated on the northwest bank of the Dandenong Creek, it is 21.6 km from the namesake Dandenong Ranges to its northeast and completely unrelated in both location and nature. It is the administrative centre for the City of Greater Dandenong local government area. At the 2016 census, central Dandenong had a population of 29,906.Dandenong began as a township... Show more in 1852 and at the start of the 20th century was an important regional city with its own suburbs. During the mid-20th century it became a major manufacturing and commercial area, and eventually an incorporated satellite city of the expanding Greater Melbourne conurbation. A business district, the former town center, covers much of its area and is one of the largest in Greater Melbourne. It is currently undergoing major transit-oriented urban...
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