[OT} Bell Wants my SIN!

[Digimer]

On 10-03-17 07:10 PM, Stephen wrote:
> So twice I get a call from people claiming to be the unfortunate bottom
> feeders who do Bell Mobility's telemarketing.
>
> They claim I can get a free Blackberry.
>
> Turns out they want my credit card number for security, and then they
> wanted my SIN???
>
> This had identity theft written all over it.
>
> I asked them to hold while I got my card, and they did for almost 20
> minutes before cluing in.
>
> Anyone know if these might be in any way legitimate?
>
> Stephen
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There is no way that is legit, even for Bell. Call the police, they've 
got a section for dealing with tele-crime. They'll get you to enter a 
number (*59 iirc) that will flag the last call in Bell's database for 
them to find that bypasses hidden numbers.

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