Scammers trying to take advantage of Rogers service interruptions

The Rogers logo is photographed in Toronto on Monday, September 30, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Tijana Martin THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Tijana Martin

By Robyn Crawford and Michael Williams

Posted July 9, 2022 3:11 pm.

Last Updated July 9, 2022 3:14 pm.

Rogers is warning of a text message being sent out claiming to offer a credit in the wake of Friday’s service interruptions.

Some people are receiving a text message today saying they’ll get a credit from the outage if they open a link from a text message.

Rogers is calling this a scam and telling customers not to open the link. The company adding, the credit received will be automatically added to your account without needing to open anything.

Scammer text message

(Courtesy: City News)

They say if you got this message, report it as spam by forwarding it to 7726.

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