It didn’t take long for scammers to try to take advantage of last Friday’s Rogers outage, in which nearly 10 million people across Canada experienced service disruptions.
about the latest incident 14 months after Rogers’ last serious service outage, After which the consumers got compensation from the company.
According to some Ontario police services, scammers are already sending phishing texts, attempting to take advantage of customers awaiting compensation.
Police in the Waterloo and Peel areas issued warnings to both on Twitter, which included images of attempted scams.
The Canadian Anti-Fraud Center says it has also received reports from people receiving suspicious messages.
“These messages ask you to reply or click on a link to get credit. It’s a scam!” agency posted
“Don’t reply or click on any links. If you receive any suspicious SMS, please forward it to 7726 (SPAM). Then, delete the message and block the number. If in doubt, contact the company directly and check their customer service information.”
To avoid confusion over whether the texts are real or fake, Rogers CEO Tony Stafieri told Global News on Monday that the company will compensate both businesses and consumers in the coming days.
He confirmed that the credits will be automatically applied to customer accounts at some point in the next month or two.
Staffieri did not say how much customers should expect to receive.
— Global News’ Craig Lord. with files of
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