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  • People calling with cell phone plan offers - scam or no?

    ... ascertain much from the phone number, but if the email comes through as legit… is it possibly real? Are there any other ways to tell if it’s a scam? Like he said if I switch two lines they will throw in an apple watch. It just feels too good to be true but part of me is still wishful that it ...

    • Dunderhead
    • Sep 13th, 2022 6:16 pm
    • Forum: Cell Phones

  • WARNING VanillaVisa fraud scam (DO NOT BUY)

    Hi guys. Failed shopping discussion here… Just want to warn people to avoid buying the vanilla visa gift cards or be really careful about it. I got a $200 Visa gift card at a local Petro Canada. Didn’t end up giving it as a gift and about a week or so after tried using it at the POS terminal in the ...

    • Shnur
    • Sep 12th, 2022 9:40 am
    • Forum: Shopping Discussion

  • sister had PC optimum points stolen. any recourse? how does the scam work?

    So my sister just had her account cleared out. I know this is a somewhat common scam dating back to 2016 or earlier. Her devices were all set to points earn only. Now they're all toggled. No new device was added. Points were redeemed with her phone, but that ends ...

    • MattyMattMatt
    • Sep 2nd, 2022 11:01 pm
    • Forum: Shopping Discussion

  • investment scam

    its not happened here in canada, but its a possibility.be carefull out therehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDnNJ_iehoU&ab_channel=ACurrentAffair

    • HyperTech
    • Jun 24th, 2022 1:56 pm
    • Forum: Personal Finance

  • $50 SCAM fee to re-verify Rogers EPP

    so yesterday i decided to take a look at what's out there for phones. i called up rogers as I've been with them for a few years on an EPP plan. when i called, they said they need to re-verify if i still worked for a company that qualifies for EPP. no big deal as I've done it before. they send a link...

    • momo325
    • Jun 21st, 2022 6:17 am
    • Forum: Cell Phones

  • Be careful about CIBC balance transfer credit card SCAM

    After you do the balance transfer, do not use the card to purchase anything. Once the zero interest period is over and you pay back the money, cancel the credit card right away. https://www.cibc.com/en/personal-banking/credit-cards/all-credit-cards/select-visa-card.html Once you take advantage of th...

    • gtx1050
    • Jun 8th, 2022 12:54 pm
    • Forum: Personal Finance

  • Carrytel - Beware Scam Modem Charges

    I've been with Carrytel for 4 years. This month my internet started getting wonky and the other day the modem lights other than the power would go off along with the internet. Rebooting would solve it but would go out again after 20min. I called them twice to troubleshoot the modem before they agree...

    • architect
    • May 24th, 2022 7:22 pm
    • Forum: Shopping Discussion

  • Don't deal with CreditCardGenius

    Hello Forum, I advise everyone not to deal with Creditcardgenius. They scammed me and now I'm out of $120 instead of the $100 sign-up bonus I was promised. I signed up for their 35,000pts RBC Avion Visa Infinite promotion wherein you also get a $100 sign up bonus. My application was approved on Febr...

  • LowRates.ca Scam -Beware

    Lowratets.ca showed 2.05% variable but after they connected me Edison financial, Edison financial gave me higher rate. credit score scan and all financial information passed to them for nothing. members beware of lowsrate.ca

    • Boreazz
    • Apr 29th, 2022 9:14 pm
    • Forum: Real Estate

  • cathevip.shop is a scam website.

    I know that all of us RFDers know this but I am posting this website cathevip.shop here to let people who Google the website know that it is a scam website. They will steal your credit card information. Do not buy or send them any money. The reason why I am posting this on RFD is because their ...

    • kennyt18
    • Apr 5th, 2022 12:22 pm
    • Forum: Shopping Discussion

  • Scam text message, account security

    ... bank name (which I changed above for security) and first 6 digits of my card number, the message is exactly as it was received. Most definitely a scam. My question is, does it mean my account has been hacked? How did they get the first 6 digits of debit card? The text was sent to my number that ...

    • dsweetlou
    • Mar 10th, 2022 7:31 pm
    • Forum: Personal Finance

  • ivisa.com (travel visa) seems like a scam

    ... they kept emailing offering help to resume my application. Later I found the official website for the designated country. Be aware. Lots of scam sites for electronic visa with fake positive reviews, that just take your money and issue a fake visa.

    • elkhaze
    • Feb 22nd, 2022 11:19 am
    • Forum: Travel

  • Car buyer out of province e-transfer scam

    ... sale in Alberta, it has high km but is at what I consider to be a reasonable price. I quickly received 5+ texts offering to buy but all were from scammers who were sending suspicious links in the texts. Since then, I dropped the price and recently received a text from a man in Ontario. He wishes ...

  • Watch out for used cellphone scam at Facebook market place

    https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1109983913124222/?ref=search&referral_code=marketplace_search&referral_story_type=post&tracking=browse_serp%3A4700658f-5dcf-462c-8b06-560e241573e2 This is posted not just in London but many cities in Ontario, most likely will ask you to etransfer...

    • apvm
    • Feb 12th, 2022 6:57 am
    • Forum: Cell Phones

  • Used interac money transfer, now getting scam interac text messages

    Used interac to transfer money between bank accounts, but now I am getting interac scam text messages ever since. Is interac money transfer as safe as they say it is? How did the scammers get my phone number immediately after using interac?

    • cheapmeister
    • Jan 30th, 2022 1:09 pm
    • Forum: Personal Finance

  • Alibab Scam! Need opinion.

    Ok so I was stupid enough to trust a seller on alibaba and semd them money thorigh western uniom. Long story short, the seller got thee payment but never sent the items. When Told them O will complain, they close theor account on Alibaba. Now the Alibaba customer service says that this company has c...

  • Another example of how online reviews are a scam - this one's about Ebay

    I purchased an item that is defective. I contacted the seller twice and he does nothing to resolve it so I leave a negative review and only then he contacts me but not to resolve the issue but for me to remove the negative review. He essentially says he will only help me if I remove the negative rev...

    • hierophant
    • Nov 28th, 2021 8:17 pm
    • Forum: Shopping Discussion

  • Beware of SCAM ads that look like NEWS to promo "Get Rich" Investment

    I saw this yesterday and did some digging. WARNING: I am 99% sure this is scam. If you access from a device without Ads blocker, it will look like from news media. Which lead me to an question: How does this kind of ads even allow on platform like FB? Now, I ...

  • is the "Personal assistant" job is a scam ?

    ... on Indeed (Reasons could include: the employer is not accepting applications, is not actively hiring, or is reviewing applications) Is it a scam? Or the companies and the people are real, but someone else impersonated them? My son already sent his resume with home address, email, and phone ...

    • ChristineY
    • Oct 20th, 2021 12:21 pm
    • Forum: Careers

  • Latest “Shady Landlord” scam in BC…

    https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/vancouver-renter-fights-payment-scheme-1.6171443 TL;DR Give your tenant a 25% discount on their rent (which has limits on increases), tell them they need to sign up with company XXX for utilities. Turns out company XXX is owned by the landlord, and uti...

    • CNeufeld
    • Sep 22nd, 2021 5:34 pm
    • Forum: Real Estate

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