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Legit Message?

slen
I've been around

Rogers Wireless:
Hello! Wishing you joyful holidays! As a valued IoyaI customer, enjoy a $50 (CAD) gift to express our gratitude. Embrace the spirit of the season with laughter and love. Claim your gift here:
https://rogerswireless-secure.com/

Data rates may appIy.

 

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Re: Legit Message?

Pauly
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Hello slen,

 

There are 2 ways to check.  First things first, did the message come from a short code? a short code is an sms with a 4 or 5 digit number,   if it came from a random phone number, then its a scam

 

Second, look at the url: https://rogerswireless-secure.com  That is an obvious fake website looking to fool you into thinking its rogers official web site.

 

Third, if you still unsure, call up rogers and check with their customer service.

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Re: Legit Message?

Pauly
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Hello slen,

 

There are 2 ways to check.  First things first, did the message come from a short code? a short code is an sms with a 4 or 5 digit number,   if it came from a random phone number, then its a scam

 

Second, look at the url: https://rogerswireless-secure.com  That is an obvious fake website looking to fool you into thinking its rogers official web site.

 

Third, if you still unsure, call up rogers and check with their customer service.

Re: Legit Message?

JanineH
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Received this text from +1 (778) 816-****

Rogers Wireless:
Hello! Wishing you joyful holidays! As a valued IoyaI customer, enjoy a $50 (CAD) gift to express our gratitude. Embrace the spirit of the season with laughter and love. Claim your gift here:
https://rogerswireless-secure.com/

Data rates may appIy

Re: Legit Message?

Pauly
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Just ignore it, its clearly a scam

Re: Legit Message?

jhalmos
I've been here awhile

And make sure you block the number and report it as General Spam. Then delete it. In Safari on a Mac you'll get a big fat warning that the site is spam before you ever load it.

Re: Legit Message?

Pauly
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I've said this before, Blocking random numbers are useless, scammers will constantly change numbers. for all you know you could be blocking a number of a legitimate business or person who has no idea their number is being used as spam.

 

Just forward the message to SPAM (7726)

On Windows and Android, and even google chrome, there is a big notice the web site is suspicious

Re: Legit Message?

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@jhalmos wrote:

 In Safari on a Mac you'll get a big fat warning that the site is spam before you ever load it.


Yep, here's what comes up on Chrome on my Mac Mini.  It can't get much clearer.

 

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Re: Text message scam?

Greetings @JanineH

 

This is definitely a scam.

 

Any of our exclusive gifts would be redeemed through your MyRogers account via the app or by logging into www.rogers.com

 

Regards,

RogersCorey

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