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Optik TV Added After Suspicious Call; Legit?
I'm very confused right now. Today, I received a call from 833-390-3721, claiming to be a representative from Telus. Because I had only switched to Telus a month ago, I thought they were calling to a...
As a public servant any phone companies are not allowed to ask for your SIN by law.
They will proceed to tell you they can but do not provide it.
Contact you local Service Canada and REPORT them to our Integrity Department. We have sent our Investigators out to cell phone companies to tell them by law they are not allowed to ask for this.
The only people required to give your SIN to is your Employer, Gov't Departments (CRA, Service Canada, etc and your Bank may require it.
They will proceed to tell you they can but do not provide it.
Contact you local Service Canada and REPORT them to our Integrity Department. We have sent our Investigators out to cell phone companies to tell them by law they are not allowed to ask for this.
The only people required to give your SIN to is your Employer, Gov't Departments (CRA, Service Canada, etc and your Bank may require it.
I guess there is a difference between no requirement and not allowed to ask for it.
As someone who just went through another phone company sign up on the phone, I told 2 IDs needed. One DL. (ok) second , SIN, Passport number, CC . So I said no to SIN and P# but then she could not get the CC verification working on the phone. She was very nice and understood that I don't want to give out these numbers but clearly directed to ask for it. In fact the CC only came up after I rejected the other two.
She told me to go to a store and present my CC there. What is lol is for another service with this company, I am already paying with that CC ! She said she had no access to that.
