11-09-2019 01:24 PM - last edited on 11-09-2019 01:40 PM by RogersTony
Yesterday morning I received a somewhat convincing looking monthly e-bill that purported to be from Rogers. The first part looked essentially as follows:
ROGERS
Account number: 40xxxxxxx
Current Bill Total: $353.10
Thank you for pre-authorizing your payment. We'll
charge this amount to your credit card on or
after Nov 15, 20 19.
View Bill HERE
I was surprised that the amount was not the same as my usual e-bill, so I clicked on the "View Bill HERE" link and up came a page requesting that I enter my current credit card info. Then I knew it was fake. I checked the address of the sender and it was ROGERS <therbiggons@naver.com>, which is clearly fake.
This is the first time I have encountered a fake e-bill; there will likely be more in the future. I hope Rogers puts out a warning to its customers who use e-billing.
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11-09-2019 02:17 PM
Good for you for spotting the fake and for posting it here. As an FYI to others, one should almost never use the link in an incoming e-mail when you usually do business with that company. Rather, you should login using your normal method by going to the website (using your own bookmark) instead.
As mentioned you can hover over the e-mail address and usually see the "real" e-mail address, however, even that can sometimes be pretty convincing with only one letter off for example.
One can also right click on an e-mail or use a similar method to see the "source information."
11-09-2019 02:17 PM
Good for you for spotting the fake and for posting it here. As an FYI to others, one should almost never use the link in an incoming e-mail when you usually do business with that company. Rather, you should login using your normal method by going to the website (using your own bookmark) instead.
As mentioned you can hover over the e-mail address and usually see the "real" e-mail address, however, even that can sometimes be pretty convincing with only one letter off for example.
One can also right click on an e-mail or use a similar method to see the "source information."
11-09-2020 09:14 AM
11-09-2020 09:25 AM
11-10-2020 01:13 AM - edited 11-10-2020 01:14 AM
To be extra cautious rather than click on the link provided in your bill notification bookmark MyRogers and use that.