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Scam
Called from 888-811-2323 which I assumed is still a legitimate Telus number. Person telling me if saving 40 % on my bill. I am a Telus employee and I asked for his employee number he gave 7575.not a v...
No real empolyee of any company would give out their employee number over the phone. Definitely a scam call. Unfortunately with caller ID spoofing the calling number doesn't mean anything.
- Employees do give their employee number, I work for Telus and we have an 6-8 digit employee number not 4. Not sure what you mean by “no real employee”, but that is what the company uses to identify people as a lot of employees just use their first names which is difficult to identify someone when trying to correct an issue.
It's a security risk to give out your employee number. It's linked to your benefits, payroll, access cards, VPN login, etc.
With your employee number and the info on your business card anyone could call the HR department of many companies and get a lot of info.
- The id they are talking about is the one left by the employee when they access your account. That has nothing to do with their payroll/ benefits and anything else personal.
