Police warn Ontario residents about Rogers outage phishing scam
The Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre says it has also received reports from people receiving dubious texts.“These messages ask you to reply or click a link in order to receive a credit. This is a scam!” the agency posted
“Do not reply or click any links. If you receive a suspicious SMS, please forward it to 7726 . Then, delete the message and block the number. If in doubt, contact the company directly by looking up their customer service information.”To avoid confusion over whether the texts are real or fake, Rogers CEO Tony Staffieri told Global News on Monday that the company would be compensating both businesses and consumers in the coming days.
He confirmed that credits will be automatically applied to customer accounts sometime over the next month or two.— with files from Global News’ Craig Lord
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