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2 year loyalty discount?
Hi,
apologies if this is a duplicated post - I've seen old ones that are similar, but wanted to check if this is a newer version of a scam.
I got a call from 778-437-9938 (showed up as British Columbia on caller ID - which is the correct province) and I was being offered a 2 year 30-40% discount on my current bills.
Sounded very suspicious - the guy didn't know how much I was currently paying, and didn't even really bother to verify anything.
He sent me two very sketchy looking email for my cell and internet marked as "privileged program", then said he was going to transfer me to his supervisor.
His "supervisor" then said he wanted to give me a discount code that I need to enter; I asked him why he couldn't just apply everything from his side, and he basically had no answer - just a "uhhh, eheh, well...we...can? But we need you to also confirm from your side".
I told him I'd call him back because I had to do a work meeting. He was trying to say that he could call me back, and I just told him that I would call back, which I won't, but that also seemed like a suspicious move.
Anyone else get this call and can confirm it's a scam? Doesn't seem very legit to me.
just a follow-up here; I forwarded the emails to the CDP telus email to report it and they have confirmed it's a scam, contacted the host domain to get it removed, added to their spam filters, and are investigating further where the scams are coming from (shout out to the Telus team for the cyber security work they're putting in).
So this post is now more of a heads up, even though it's quite obvious, this type of "too good to be true" discount is definitely a scam.
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just a follow-up here; I forwarded the emails to the CDP telus email to report it and they have confirmed it's a scam, contacted the host domain to get it removed, added to their spam filters, and are investigating further where the scams are coming from (shout out to the Telus team for the cyber security work they're putting in).
So this post is now more of a heads up, even though it's quite obvious, this type of "too good to be true" discount is definitely a scam.
