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Suspicious offer from Telus
Hi, somebody from unidentified phone number called me and offered telus 20$ 100GB plan and a free iphone or samsung phone if I switch to Telus.They gave me their telus id TEL6024MW, name Mark Wayne a...
It's a scam. For me the red flags are:
- No cell company is offering free flagship phones.
- The employee ID. Especially that it ended with the initials of the supposed employee.
- They called from a non Telus number.
- That phone number is part of an NXX controlled by Iristel in Ontario and I can't see Telus needing to use a third party phone provider. That company also has nothing but 1 star google reviews and many mentioning scams.
I had a phone call promotion claiming to be Telus. HIgh pressure, urging me to sign up and get a new Apple phone for $50/month 2yrs and cancel existing plan temination fees. Got suspcious, given a 'telus # to call, verify the employee id. Did, but not convinced, will got to Telus shop to check the deal. Email from [email protected], which then disappeared.
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Your Spidey-senses are correct - it's a scam. I won't get into the specifics as we wouldn't want them to learn from their mistakes but none of this is legit.
If, by chance, you did share your info with them, I'd encourage you to file a complaint with the Canada Anti-fraud Centre: https://antifraudcentre-centreantifraude.ca/report-signalez-eng.htm
