Scams are up with Canadian Telcos…. Here’s One That Hit My Phone
You have to pay attention at all times as scammers can hit you from anywhere. Now scams are up across the board in relation to Canadian telcos. Here’s a hint: If a telco is offering you a deal via the phone or via email, it’s likely a scam. As a result, scammers are getting crafty.
I was driving home and went underground to park. When I came above ground, I got a voice mail. And when I looked at it I saw this:
Now I knew that this was a scam right away. Why? Let me break it down for you:
Rogers, who is the telco being impersonated today would never, ever call you to tell your phone is showing signs of unusual activity. Nor would they ever have you speak to customer service because there is zero chance that you would get through to them as evidenced by this or this.
Rogers would also name you by name or account number to get a hold of you for any reason. I know because my sources inside Rogers told me so.
In short, this is a scam. But we’re not done. Listen the the call itself:
Rogers would never, ever phone you with such a robotic voice. In fact, when I played it for my source at Rogers, they laughed showing how bad of a scam this is. But the thing is, scams don’t have to have success in volume to be successful. Thus is even 2% of people fall for this scam, it’s a success.
So what was the scam in question? I only got the voicemail so I can only guess. And my guess is that the scammers want you to go to a computer, give them control via a download that allows them to get remote control, log into your Rogers account and they somehow get your supposedly secret two factor authentication code. From there, you’ll be talked into a great deal, and you will get either an iPad or a top flight phone such as a iPhone or a Galaxy phone. Then the wrong phone will be shipped to you and you will have to send to address from which it will be shipped overseas and sold. And you are on the hook for it.
Now there’s also the possibility that the scammers will simply take over the account, swap the SIM over to a phone that they control and do their evil from there. If you want to see what a SIM swap scam looks like, click here. Either way, it will never end well for you.
The bottom line is this. Canadian telcos will never ever tell you that your phone is misbehaving. If you hear that, hang up and run. Also, Canadian telcos will never try and save you money as that is not the business that they are in. If you hear that, also hang up and run. In short, don’t be the 2% who fall for these scams. Instead be the 98% who don’t ever fall for these scams.
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Scams are up with Canadian Telcos…. Here’s One That Hit My Phone
You have to pay attention at all times as scammers can hit you from anywhere. Now scams are up across the board in relation to Canadian telcos. Here’s a hint: If a telco is offering you a deal via the phone or via email, it’s likely a scam. As a result, scammers are getting crafty.
I was driving home and went underground to park. When I came above ground, I got a voice mail. And when I looked at it I saw this:
Now I knew that this was a scam right away. Why? Let me break it down for you:
In short, this is a scam. But we’re not done. Listen the the call itself:
Rogers would never, ever phone you with such a robotic voice. In fact, when I played it for my source at Rogers, they laughed showing how bad of a scam this is. But the thing is, scams don’t have to have success in volume to be successful. Thus is even 2% of people fall for this scam, it’s a success.
So what was the scam in question? I only got the voicemail so I can only guess. And my guess is that the scammers want you to go to a computer, give them control via a download that allows them to get remote control, log into your Rogers account and they somehow get your supposedly secret two factor authentication code. From there, you’ll be talked into a great deal, and you will get either an iPad or a top flight phone such as a iPhone or a Galaxy phone. Then the wrong phone will be shipped to you and you will have to send to address from which it will be shipped overseas and sold. And you are on the hook for it.
Now there’s also the possibility that the scammers will simply take over the account, swap the SIM over to a phone that they control and do their evil from there. If you want to see what a SIM swap scam looks like, click here. Either way, it will never end well for you.
The bottom line is this. Canadian telcos will never ever tell you that your phone is misbehaving. If you hear that, hang up and run. Also, Canadian telcos will never try and save you money as that is not the business that they are in. If you hear that, also hang up and run. In short, don’t be the 2% who fall for these scams. Instead be the 98% who don’t ever fall for these scams.
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This entry was posted on August 1, 2026 at 7:01 pm and is filed under Commentary with tags Rogers. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.