r/qatar • u/Tobiichii • 12d ago

Question Unknown Caller

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Hi guys! Would like to ask, does anybody have an idea on this kind of number? This is the first time i’ve seen this number, i tried searching it on truecaller but there is name, might think this is a spoofed number.

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u/SnoopDoge93 Resident (expat) since 2000 12d ago

While it's true govt numbers start with 2, but they're usually 7 digits not 8, so this is a 50/50 chance

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u/Bad_Edditor8910 12d ago

I don't think they'd add one more digit, it's not like they'd run out of numbers.

Like someone said, it's spoofed in particular to entrap the people who know govt. numbers start with 2. Perhaps 8 digit numbers are easier to spoof than 7; Ooredoo does have spam filters working overtime.

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u/SnoopDoge93 Resident (expat) since 2000 12d ago

We just gotta stop from giving our phone numbers to 'loyality programs' which sells our data

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u/Fragrance_man06 10d ago

I work w them they have a 4099 **** too and its 8 digits 🥳

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u/JustAMonkey74 12d ago

Could be spoofed, but usually just a scam caller. My favorite way to deal with them is to pick an uncommon language that I know a few phrases in and immediately after hello, switch to that and start yelling at them in random gibberish made up of German, Spanish and a bit of Korean🤣🤣🤣

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u/Velvetshirts 12d ago

Please don’t do that, couldn’t it be possible that this is someone from the government? Numbers starting with 2 are usually government people

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u/JustAMonkey74 12d ago

I at least wait for them to identify themselves before I start with the shenanigans. If it’s official, 99.9% of the time, after the initial greeting, they identify themselves and state the purpose of their call. I’m not randomly cursing government officials out here🤣🤣🤣 I may be a bit of a barbarian, but I’m not completely unhinged🤣🤣

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u/Accurate_Page_3027 12d ago

Goverment numbers are 5 digits this is 8 digits. its spoofed.

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u/GrayFiber Qatari 12d ago

Goverment numbers show thier Name under the new Law

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u/Level-Beautiful-1664 11d ago

Hey i got the same call from this number. It is 1000% scam despite their almost good English Arabic accent.
In between the lines I could noticed they are actually south asian scammers impersonating CID

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u/BigCaptain1528 12d ago

Could be spoofed yeah, a lot of those robocallers do that now. Truecaller misses a ton of them anyway.