[OT} Bell Wants my SIN!

[William Park]

On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 07:10:52PM -0400, 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?

It's scam.  There is no way SIN has any relevance in Cell Phone
purchase.  Since you have no idea who's on the other end, Credit Card is
also indicator of scam.  If they send you a form or refer you to online
site, may be different.

But, I'm curious... did they have particular accent?

-- 
William

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