I saw this posted on social media. It would be easy to fall for this scam so I'm sharing it.
A couple weeks ago I received a call from a “ New Canadian “ claiming to call from Bell mobility in Toronto, told me he could give me a big promotional offer with a brand new iPhone 17 pro max, and a free Apple Watch, sounded great! I logged into my Bell App and he walked me through what to click on and order and told me when I receive the phone at my house to call him and he would set me up with the amazing promotional code. So the day my phone showed up I get a hold of him and he says oh they sent the wrong phone, it’s a 512 GB and the promotion is only for the 256, “ so sir I’m going to send you a return label you just need to print it off and tape it on the box and go drop the parcel off then I’ll have my dispatch team send you the right one “.
Keep in mind this is all over WhatsApp instead of the regular phone line. I played with him for a few days said I’d do it blah blah blah. Meanwhile I phoned Bell directly and yes they said I was just about a victim of fraud so they gave me a code to take into the post office to print the proper return label (note that any cellphone packages say on them, do not return to any address besides the one on the box). the return label the fraudster gave me was for a storage unit in Toronto after looking it up. I took a small box I had laying around the house, wrapped it and stuck an old empty iPhone box inside with a nice friendly note 😉😉. Stuck the return label from the fraudster on it and took it to the post office, the lady knew me from when I sent the phone back to Bell and said this is awesome, it happens so much.
DO NOT FALL FOR THIS SCAM. Another lady that was in line said this happened to her as well.
