It appears that a new scam involving Rogers is making the rounds. And it uses the CRTC to get you to fall for the scam. Here’s the scam:
- You get a phone call from a number that starts with 416-935-xxxx
- When you pick up the phone, the scammer will claim to be someone from Rogers calling on behalf of the CRTC.
- They will have some basic information about you or a relative, and claim that a suspicious SIM activation has been traced back to you or a relative.
Now the person who got this call hung up as they clued in that it was a scam. Thus I do not know what their endgame was. But here’s some random thoughts based on what was told to me.
First of all, the CRTC has nothing to do with investigating “suspicious” SIM activations. In fact they don’t really investigate much at all. If you want to see what the mandate of the CRTC is, click this link. But what the scammers are counting on is that you don’t know what the CRTC actually does and fall for the scam.
Second, the scammers are spoofing a phone number that starts with 416-935-xxxx. Why is that important? Using a random number may result in someone either not answering the call, or hanging up very quickly. But by using 416-935-xxxx make the call appear to come from Rogers because that is the local phone number of Rogers HQ in downtown Toronto. And more importantly it will appear in a Google search. Meaning that they are counting on the fact that at worst, you will Google the number, see that it comes back to Rogers, and be more likely to fall for the scam. Assuming that you don’t recognize the number immediately and just get sucked into the scam as a result.
Third, the fact that the scammers have some basic information about you implies that that this is a targeted attack via customer data belonging to Rogers making its way into the hands of scammers. I’ve personally experienced something like this before. And what it tells me is that Rogers really needs to investigate the handling of their customer data as this is the second time that I have seen scammers utilize Rogers customer data to try and scam their customers.
This is really dangerous as I can see people easily falling for this scam. As I said earlier, I don’t know what the endgame of these scammers is, but it can’t be good for you. Thus if you get a call that fits this description, your best course of action is to hang up and move on with your life.
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A New And Dangerous #Scam That Uses The Names Of Rogers & The CRTC To Further The Scam Is Making The Rounds
It appears that a new scam involving Rogers is making the rounds. And it uses the CRTC to get you to fall for the scam. Here’s the scam:
Now the person who got this call hung up as they clued in that it was a scam. Thus I do not know what their endgame was. But here’s some random thoughts based on what was told to me.
First of all, the CRTC has nothing to do with investigating “suspicious” SIM activations. In fact they don’t really investigate much at all. If you want to see what the mandate of the CRTC is, click this link. But what the scammers are counting on is that you don’t know what the CRTC actually does and fall for the scam.
Second, the scammers are spoofing a phone number that starts with 416-935-xxxx. Why is that important? Using a random number may result in someone either not answering the call, or hanging up very quickly. But by using 416-935-xxxx make the call appear to come from Rogers because that is the local phone number of Rogers HQ in downtown Toronto. And more importantly it will appear in a Google search. Meaning that they are counting on the fact that at worst, you will Google the number, see that it comes back to Rogers, and be more likely to fall for the scam. Assuming that you don’t recognize the number immediately and just get sucked into the scam as a result.
Third, the fact that the scammers have some basic information about you implies that that this is a targeted attack via customer data belonging to Rogers making its way into the hands of scammers. I’ve personally experienced something like this before. And what it tells me is that Rogers really needs to investigate the handling of their customer data as this is the second time that I have seen scammers utilize Rogers customer data to try and scam their customers.
This is really dangerous as I can see people easily falling for this scam. As I said earlier, I don’t know what the endgame of these scammers is, but it can’t be good for you. Thus if you get a call that fits this description, your best course of action is to hang up and move on with your life.
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