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I received a phonecall from someone claiming to be from Telus offering a new promotion for a brand new phone free of charge. This number had caller ID of "Alberta" (my home province) and the number was a local cell phone number in my area. I went along with it thinking it was authentic and provided personal details such as name, address, email address, as well as giving him my Telus pin. we went through the full thing but I did not provide any credit card details. he said that there will be a verification phonecall later and then my new phone will be on its way. After telling my boyfriend about this, he convinced me it was a scam. I called the Telus help line and the guy stated that there were no current promotions going on and that it was for sure a scam and he submitted a claim to Telus for possible fraud. I then proceeded to change my Telus pin and set up 2 factor authentication. The verification phonecall never came and I felt better about it. Today, I received a phonecall from a man named Elijah at the number 519-607-1837 which displayed a caller ID "Alberta" (my home province) and he was just wanting to verify my purchase and was stating that he saw my Telus pin was changed a few hours ago and he needed me to provide him with my new one that I had changed it to. I explained to him that I no longer want to continue with this as I believe this isn't authentic and explained that I contacted Telus directly and they told me there was no such promotion currently. he then said that there are many different departments and sales and customer service don't have anything to do with another and the person I spoke to would be unaware of what the sales department was up to. he reassured me that its legit and that I should feel comfortable considering he never asked me any credit card details and that wouldn't make sense if someone was trying to scam me. he sounded very believable so I then told him my new Telus pin. he said he would phone me back in a few minutes once he verifies that its good to go. During the period off the phone, I was googling this number and nothing related to Telus was showing up so I phoned back and he answered stating "Hello, welcome to Telus mobility this is Elijah" so I hung up. I was just trying to see if its an actual Telus number. he then phoned me back asking why I phoned him and I told him it was an accident as I was just trying to copy and paste his phone number into google since I still didn't believe him and it accidentally dialled. he said ok bye ill call you in a few mins. few minutes later, he phoned me back and he said that there should be a text message to my phone from Telus giving a security pin and I just need to provide it to him to verify and since it came from Telus, this should be proof that he isn't scamming me. At this point I got concerned because im picturing that someone on his end is providing all this information to Telus and pretending to be me. I told him this and wanted him to tell me the pin because this was my concern. that if I tell him my pin, someone in his side is feeding it back into Telus and that at this point, I told him I don't trust him that Im not being scammed and I would rather pay outright for a full price phone than risk it. he then seemed very annoyed with me and said that he will remove me from the call list and he doesn't understand why I don't trust him and im not being rational and he said "ok bye" then hung up. I then went to my Telus account and again changed my pin. I again reached out to Telus support and explained this situation and was asking them to verify if there is any such promotion or anybody working for Telus with that name/number and she told me that there is no promotion currently and it was likely a scam. They reassured me that because I did not provide them with my second pin, they will not be able to gain access to my account and I made the right decision by not providing it. They also stated that any agent calling from telus will have the TELUS caller ID display. I was encouraged to change my password as well.Solved22KViews2likes1CommentSmartHome Security Scam
At the moment of writing this I have to admit to being pretty upset. A few months ago, after a very crazy and distressing emergency move, when I was getting my Internet set up, a Telus Sales Agent happened to be doing door to door sales. He was able to get us a better Internet deal than what I’d been intending to get online, and said that because I’m a Koodo mobility customer, this would include a free doorbell cam. Well, cut to now, when I’ve finally had a chance to really take a closer look at my bill only to see the SmartHome Security Automation service — a service I never asked for, was never told about, and that I’m paying an extra $33 dollars a month for that I frankly can’t afford. Do some research, and realize this includes the use of my supposedly “free” door cam, and some smart plugs the technician had installed (that we don’t use) without saying anything to us. Do some more research, and see that to cancel this service, I’d still be obligated to pay $35/mo until the end of my contract for something I, just to make myself very clear, never asked for and was never told about. Frankly, this kind of underhanded sales has me really questioning if Telus is the kind of company I want to keep giving my business to if this doesn’t get resolved.6.7KViews4likes3CommentsPromotion Offer from [email protected]
Good day, I just received a call from 403-939-6073 offering me a iPhone 14 Pro Max with no strings attached other than 50.00 a month with voice/data/LD/unlimited SMS in NA. they started asking for info that Telus should already have on file. Did not ask for my PIN nothing or verify my Identity. I said I was not comfortable continuing the conversation as I didn't know where they were calling from. They offered to send an email, which I agreed to. Subject: Telus Retailors (red flag) email [email protected]. After seeing the email I ended the conversation and siad i would not share any other info. Scam right?Solved6.2KViews1like5CommentsDoor to door rep scammed me
I just got signed up by a representative named “Michael” (I don’t even know if that’s his real name) in Brampton, ON last night at 9pm? He was going door to door apparently and he knew I was in a rush to go somewhere but what can I do as I wanted to change services for my Internet and phone. He offered me a bundle of $134/mo for my phone for 200GB of data + 1000min of long distance call and text, and internet and as well as said that activation fees were waived for both (I haven’t seen the bill yet but let’s see). I still had credit with Rogers and he said that he would give me a credit to pay Rogers off but I am a bit skeptical. He also offered that these plans were both no contract and can cancel anytime. I see my account the day of to see that my Internet will be $110/mo with a 2yr contract and my phone to be $80/mo with 150GB and no add on whatsoever!!! This brings my total to $190 without tax yet! I messaged Telus through the app and all the representatives are saying that “they apologize for the misinformation and inconvenience” but my plans were both $190/mo on a 24mo contract. SCAM! He said that there was a recording of our conversation when he called me from his Telus iPad and he even asked to take a photo w me so that’s really awkward??? I wanted to upgrade my phone with Telus but how can I now when he offered me $45/mo on my phone bill but it’s actually $80!! Who can afford this much? Telus why?? Why do you do this to your customers!2.9KViews0likes3CommentsMexico Plan Not Working; Canada/US Plan is Fine
Switched to Telus EPP program from Rogers and haven’t been happy since. Currently have two Identical phones, under same account one with CAN-US plan and my wife's with CAN-US-MEX plan, as of writing this we are in Guadalajara - I turned on my roaming just to check and verify in which Telus gladly charged me a day rate as normal but connected flawlessly with full signal on LTE to TELCEL. However with her phone which has Mexico plan included been struggling to connect to ANY network. Tried manually selecting TELCEL - nothing happens. Have tried everything possible. Have screenshots of both phones to prove this, basically paid roaming $16 a day works fine full coverage, phone with MEX plan wont connect to TELCEL. No it’s not the phone, and no it’s not TELCEL Not to mention the connectivity issue on 5G within Canada and LTE slowly at times within Canada. Has anyone experienced this problem?Solved2.9KViews0likes5CommentsTELEKOM LAW PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION scam?
Today I received this email from this company "TELEKOM LAW PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION". I am not sure if its scam/fake or real. I am extremely unhappy with receiving emails like this when I had clearly mentioned Telus about my situation and they said everything will be taken care of. Last month, I returned the products with Telus because I had this charge of $1,523.20. and once I successfully returned, the amount went down to $991.96. Later, I was talking to Johnathan (Telus rep), how I can pay it back, and he said instead of paying that amount, he could just give me a new plan and so he would replace that $991.96, with a new plan; suggesting its better to pay for some service instead of nothing. I confirmed 5 times with him if this was possible, and he said "yes", this was a recorded call and is part of my account notes. So I went ahead trusting him and said sure give me the new plan, which I got for 3 years paying $25 monthly, in-return he would erase the $991.96 that I owed to Telus. I was told that my account will be cleared from this charge. It has been recorded on call, and notes have been made under my account. Telus specifically told me about not to worry as they have taken this charge out of my account, and given me a new plan. Today I receive this email that makes me think customer is not being taken seriously. I want an immediately response in regards to this matter.199Views0likes1CommentIs the number +18338960450 a legit telus customer service/ sales phone number
Received a win back offer from this number of 30$ for 50gb data, calling in can us and Mexico after auto pay discount of $10. Is the number +18338960450 a legit telus customer loyalty number for win back?Solved199Views0likes1Comment