Phone return scams target mobile providers
Original title: Phone return scams: where a real delivery and a fake return end up in a bill for you
Scammers send a real phone but use fake return labels to keep the device and leave victims with bills or contracts.
Scammers call offering free phone upgrades from providers like Rogers. A genuine phone arrives, but when victims send it back, the shipping label goes to the criminals instead of the provider. Victims face charges for the missing phone. Police warn about this scheme affecting customers.
- Scammers use spoofed numbers
- Fake return labels direct to criminal addresses
- Victims face bills or contracts
- Contact providers immediately if targeted
Impact: customers billed for phones not received back
- 1.Verify offers with providers directly
- 2.Use official contact details
- 3.Change passwords if shared
From the original article
3 min read at malwarebytes.com
Phone return scams are part of a very convincing social engineering method where the criminals gets a phone and you get billed.
By @MetallicaMVP · malwarebytes.com
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