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08 area code: who called me?
- Area code
- 08
- Serves
- South Australia, Western Australia and the Northern Territory
- Region
- South Australia
- International format
- +61 8 …
08 is the area code for South Australia, Western Australia and the Northern Territory, including Adelaide, Perth and Darwin.
One code, three jurisdictions
Landline numbers have eight digits after the code and are written (08) 1234 5678. Adelaide numbers start 08 7 or 08 8, Perth numbers start 08 9 or 08 6, and Darwin and the Northern Territory start 08 89. The same code covers places thousands of kilometres apart.
Western Australia is on a different time zone from Adelaide and Darwin, so a call at an odd hour is not necessarily a bad sign.
Mining and rural scams
Mining and farming areas see their share of fake invoice and equipment-sale calls. If a caller says a supplier has changed bank details, confirm by ringing the supplier on a number you already have. A genuine supplier will not mind.
Time zones
The 08 code spans three time zones. Western Australia is on UTC+8 and does not use daylight saving. South Australia is on UTC+9:30 and does, and the Northern Territory is on UTC+9:30 all year. A call from Perth can therefore arrive at a very different local time from one from Adelaide.
Does the area code show where the caller is?
Not reliably. Scammers and call centers use spoofing to display a local area code because people are more likely to answer. People also keep their number when they move, so a 08 number can belong to someone anywhere.
That is why the full number matters more than the code. If someone has already reported it, you will see it below.
Reported 08 numbers
Nobody has reported a number from this area code yet.