April 2016
Hello,
I have been forwarding my spam email-to-SMS to @FidoStephen via PMs to help improve the spam filter for sms.fido.ca
Recently, another community member also posted a similar spam SMS they received. Perhaps a thread dedicated to collecting examples of these types of SMS spam might also help improve the spam filter.
Thoughts?
Cheers
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March 2018
March 2018
Hello Charsav73,
Welcome to the community!
Thanks for the information! That is most definitely a SPAM scam. You can copy and forward the message to 7726 (SPAM) for evaluation and hopefully added to the SPAM filter (see here).
Hope this helps
Cheers
March 2018
Hey @Albertlixw,
Welcome to the Community!
I've moved your post on this existing thread since it deals with the same subject and you'll be able to find the steps to follow in this situation.
If you haven't entered any of your personal information, you should be safe
Hope this helps!
February 2018
Thank you for your suggestions, I will try to use some anti-virus applications to check my phone.
February 2018
Got this one today and have others that asked something different, but it's the first time they mentioned Fido Dollars when I believe Fido Dollars have been discontinued already.
The others have already been mentioned, such as saying my account was suspended or that I had a refund, etc.
February 2018
Good morning all
/!\ ~Warning do not close click this!!
Report sent text to 7726
Stay safe!
February 2018
Called a missed call under this spam when phone was picked up it played music...be aware everyone! I immediate up after 18 seconds, will there be a charge on my bill for this call?
February 2018
February 2018
Hi @Marwong thanks for sharing your
International call spam.
You may want to block incoming call from that number for future so it wouldnt go to your voicemail either.
Cheers!
February 2018
Scooby-Doo wrote:...You may want to block incoming call from that number for future so it wouldnt go to your voicemail either...
Hello Scooby-Doo,
Unfortunately, blocking a phone number from your phone will not prevent the call from going to voicemail. A blocked phone number will simply not ring on the phone and the call will just go directly to voicemail.
Hope this helps
Cheers
February 2018
Hi, I received this last night, Funny it says Bell customer, never have been. Clicking the link, takes you to what looks like a real interac transfer site, but it then says it is for a Telus refund. (i once was on telus but it was over 10 years ago) Searching the originating phone number it is a Toronto number.
February 2018
Hello Ranger9c,
Thanks for the information! Have you had a chance to also forward it to 7726 (SPAM) (see solution above)?
Just out of curiosity, did you port your phone number from Telus? I think the spammers try to customise the SMS depending to which block of prefixes a particular phone number belongs. Certain prefix blocks are Fido; others Rogers, Bell, etc. However, with the popularity of porting numbers, those provider distinctions are not as clear. Targeting prefixes with customised SMS doesn't always work. But I guess for the spammers, it's all about the numbers. Only a fraction of their spammed SMS won't match up.
Cheers
February 2018
Hi Cawtau,
I did forward it to 7726. I did in fact port the number from Telus over 10 years ago. Thanks for your reply. Cheers,
February 2018
I was showing a friend what this looked like and when clicking on the link in the original post, this is what now appears. It's good to see that reporting this stuff, that things do happen.
Cheers!
February 2018
Thanks @ranger9c you are more.brave than me to click these links aaahhhahaaa!
Happy Friday everyone!
February 2018
Hello, I received a text message from 1(705)854-0487 about a refund. It askes me to click the link: refun-mobilityintera.esy.es While I clicked, it directed me to the online banking. I filled up all the info and realized it asked me to register the online banking account. Am I in danger???? Help!
February 2018
Hi @jaslikesmaple!
Welcome to the Community
This definitely looks like a spam messages. You can check out this post on our Community for info on what to look out for in such messages.
If you provided your banking information, I would suggest contacting them ASAP to let them know and prevent any fraudulent activity.
December 2017
I've reported the following spam:
+14027492398
R0YALBANK locked your account for security maintenance. Please reactivate your services below. http://rbc.com.canadabankverify.com/?activate
January 2018
I got a msg, they required everything, thanks I saw it's a number and I thought it's a scam! Someone had this problem too?
January 2018
January 2018
Hello SM73,
Welcome to the community!
Thanks for the information! That is most definitely a SPAM scam. You can copy and forward the message to 7726 (SPAM) for evaluation and hopefully added to the SPAM filter (see here).
Hope this helps
Cheers