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fake TELUS reps offering FREE 15 Pro-Max IPhone's for 10+ yrs of loyalty
I was called 2 times this week (May 2024) from 403-245-2815 & 403-290-6806. She was trying to get me to give them my : name/address/email/DOB & TELUS pin # in exchange for a new FREE 15 Pro-Max I-Pho...
A free phone is typically a massive red flag. A base iPhone 15 Pro Max is $1750+tax. No company would give that kind of device for free. The caller not having your details is another massive red flag, as is calling from local numbers of any kind. The scam is targeting Canadians in general right now and not just Telus customers.
Part of the scam is that if they get the info and account pin, after changing your contact details they'll order a phone (or multiple) and ship it somewhere else to re-sell them. They'll send a fake email making it look like a phone is being shipped to you but it would never arrive. Those unfortunate enough to fall victim to the scam likely would have no idea until their next billing cycle when they get charged for the new phone(s) and plan to go with it.
Canadians targeted? Not true - gullible people connected to a phone line anywhere, and in any country, in the world are targeted. Canadians just as gullible (or not) as anyone else.
Telus would just blacklist those phones, so they won't be of much use to whoever buys them. At least not in North America. Obviously the people running this scam know this and will try sell them as quickly as possible or give a fake IMEI for checking, or maybe try sell them overseas somewhere that doesn't share blacklisting info with Telus.
