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TEXT SCAM!!

Leesajoi — Wed, 05 Jan 2022 11:22:57 GMT

The photos you see attached are what I JUST received on my phone as a text.

The link in the text led to an Interac e-Transfer that didn’t specify the name of the carrier and claimed it was for a charge they supposedly made, which I could not find on “My Account”. PLUS ... logically, PM would credit your account if that happened!

Beware of this!

Re: TEXT SCAM!!

ShawnC13 — Fri, 28 Dec 2018 21:25:16 GMT

There are a lot of these out there. I surely hope people don't fall for them but I guess it only takes one for it to be worthwhile for the scammers. My first clue beside everything like this being a scam would be the From Phone Carrier Billing They don't want to list a carrier because they don't know who you are with lol.

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will13am — Fri, 28 Dec 2018 21:25:47 GMT

Thanks for the heads up. Generally, messages from unknown sources are ignored by rule.

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austinhuang — Fri, 28 Dec 2018 21:49:04 GMT

Same here. Here's what you need to do:

Report to the RCMP at http://www.antifraudcentre-centreantifraude.ca/reportincident-signalerincident/index-eng.htm
WHOIS the domain and write an email to the designated abuse report address. The ICANN WHOIS showed that the abuse report email is abuse@namecheap.com so maybe you should report to there as well.

Here's the scam that occured to me, for reference:

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NDesai — Fri, 28 Dec 2018 22:06:26 GMT

I get this on my work phone (Bell) all the time. One time i actually entered bunch of crap as a username and passwrod to let them figure out lol. Good thing most seniors do not use interact and most young people do not belive right away.

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RobertQc — Fri, 28 Dec 2018 22:10:18 GMT

I keep seeing / hearing about all kinds of different scams but no one ever calls / sends me anything. sigh.

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cin7 — Sat, 29 Dec 2018 04:17:05 GMT

@Leesajoi

Thanks for the heads up!

Consider forwarding this spam message to 7726 (SPAM) so that an investigation can be started by your cell phone provider.

Source: https://www.consumerprotectionbc.ca/2018/03/receive-spam-text/

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LenaB — Fri, 02 Oct 2020 16:53:29 GMT

I just received a text just like this one it was a huge help when I found your pics & info

I have blocked 🚫 & deleted msg

Thanks 😊

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hairbag1 — Fri, 02 Oct 2020 16:57:51 GMT

@LenaB wrote:
I just received a text just like this one it was a huge help when I found your pics & info
I have blocked 🚫 & deleted msg

Thanks 😊

Good eye !

Be vigilant...this time of year, the text and call pammers are very active.

Make sure you don't answer any calls unless you recognize the callers number. If it's a legit caller, they can leave a voicemail and you can then return their call.

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xpengt — Wed, 20 Jan 2021 04:51:25 GMT

what happens if you accept it?

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mm80 — Wed, 20 Jan 2021 04:59:30 GMT

@xpengt wrote:
what happens if you accept it?

Accept what? These aren't real. They don't pay you. The site is probably a bank look-alike trying to steal your password. Your account could get cleaned out.

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Sage87 — Sun, 18 Apr 2021 13:09:27 GMT

This a fake they tryed with and if its takes to u to a web instead of ur app and refill every DONT DO IT that where ur giving ur information i test it on my old bank account had no money and I already screw up on and that someone up address 37.120.206.70

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High8q — Tue, 12 Jul 2022 09:46:00 GMT

This site is a joke. I was in the middle of leaving a reply and the sit thought it was more important to ask me for a review and delete my reply. Go to hell is my review.

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hTideGnow — Tue, 12 Jul 2022 12:56:23 GMT

@High8q wrote:
This site is a joke. I was in the middle of leaving a reply and the sit thought it was more important to ask me for a review and delete my reply. Go to hell is my review.

Hi @High8q no joke, we are searious. 🙂

No need to be upset with the pop up, just politely cancel it