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Is this message real or spam?

Imelda123
I'm a participant level 1
I'm a participant level 1

IS THIS MESSAGE LEGIT?  IT SAYS:  CLAIM YOUR $100cad REWARD THIS HOLIDAY SEAON!  VISIT 100FESTIVEPROMO-INTERAC.INFO REFERENCE#CANAxB24.  FOR ASSISTANCE DIAL *611.

 

PLEASE REPLY.  THANK YOU

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Cawtau
Senior MVP Senior MVP
Senior MVP

Hello Imelda123,

 

  Welcome to the community!

 

  As Kapable-K notes below, that message is most definitely a SCAM and/or SPAM. A couple of tell-tale signs that the message is SPAM. Firstly, Fido won't send etransfers via email or text message link. If they do offer such a promotion, Fido will automatically credit your account.

 

  I assume that message was sent from a phone number (see here for another example). If Fido does send legitimate SMS, it will come from one of their short codes, not a phone number. As far as I am aware, many of their promotions come from 4745 or 4735 (see here and here). Admittedly, since spoofing is so wide-spread, it's possible the spammers/scammers could eventually learn to spoof those codes as well.

 

  Another sign is Fido's adoption of the a URL shortening service. I believe it's Bit.ly (see here). As far as I am aware, the links would be for the Fido.ca domain. The .info domain is not affiliated with Fido or Rogers.

 

  Have you also forwarded the message to 7726 as suggested in the solution? Once audited, it will be used to augment the SPAM filter (see here). Unfortunately, as fast as these messages get blocked by the SPAM filter, the spammers/scammers find new ways to bypass the filter.

 

Hope this helps 😀

 

Cheers


KAPABLE-K
MVP MVP
MVP

Hello @Imelda123,

 

That is definitely a scam, Fido would never send such a text.