{"id":4080,"date":"2020-07-27T21:15:34","date_gmt":"2020-07-27T21:15:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.planhub.ca\/blog\/?p=4080"},"modified":"2022-02-23T13:33:21","modified_gmt":"2022-02-23T13:33:21","slug":"beware-scammers-are-posing-as-planhub-to-defraud-canadians-july-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.planhub.ca\/blog\/en\/beware-scammers-are-posing-as-planhub-to-defraud-canadians-july-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Beware!! Scammers are posing as Planhub to defraud Canadians (July, 2020)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Over the past few days, we have been made aware that a bunch of scammers have been posing as Planhub to contact Canadians over phone and email. They offer too-good-to-be-true deals on the latest smartphones (e.g. Samsung Galaxy Note 10+, iPhone 11Pro Max etc). They then attempt to get personal and credit card information out of you. If you think you\u2019ve received an email from us,<\/span><b> please check whether it comes from a \u201c@planhub.ca\u201d<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> domain. If not, <\/span><b>DO NOT <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">respond to the email.<\/span><b> We will never call you unsolicited<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. If you receive a call from PlanHub offering you a deal on phone plans or devices, hang up immediately and <\/span><b>DO NOT<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> give out any personal information to the caller.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How the scam works:<\/span><\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A person will email you from an email id that looks at first glance to be from PlanHub, offering you a free high-end phone as a \u201cdeal\u201d.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The scammers will even use the PlanHub logo to attempt to appear genuine.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They will usually list their office address as 343 Bloor Street, Toronto.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The scammers in question will ask for your personal and credit card information to process \u201cthe taxes\u201d or \u2018fees\u201d for the free phone and ask for your driver&#8217;s license number to do a \u201ccredit check.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They will even ship phones to you, but it is usually the wrong phone.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You will receive a call explaining that they\u2019ve shipped the wrong phone and that this one is not free.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They then ask you to send the phone back to a specified address, promising to send the right phone.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Usually, they\u2019ve used the personal and credit card information you\u2019ve provided earlier to place an order for new phones from your account with your telecom service provider. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Once you send the phone back + have paid the \u201ctaxes\u201d on the new phone, the scam is complete.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You lose the money you paid as \u201ctaxes\u201d on the \u201cfree phone\u201d plus are on the hook with your telecom company for \u201cordering a new phone\u201d.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There is a chance that you lose access to your telecom account as well as your phone number.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You may have revealed your driver&#8217;s license number, credit card number and personal information including your address etc, that puts you at increased risk for identity theft.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How to tell the difference between PlanHub and the scammers:<\/span><\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Planhub is CASL laws (Canadian Anti-Spam laws) compliant and will never contact you unsolicited.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We will never contact you for services you did not expressly sign up for.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We will always contact you from an email id that looks like &#8211; XYZ <\/span><b>@planhub.ca<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Planhub will always appear after the @, never before.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We do not process payments on our site and we will always refer you to a phone or internet deal on offer from a recognised service provider.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You won&#8217;t be asked for personal information or credit card details over the phone or email.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Planhub does not have offices anywhere in Toronto or at any Montreal addresses these scammers may provide to you by email.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What to do if you think you\u2019ve been scammed:<\/span><\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stop all communication with the scammer<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Contact your telecom company and your bank to put them on alert for unauthorised transactions. Change your password and security questions if possible.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Make a list of all the information you have shared with the scammers and collect all documentary evidence from emails etc.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you\u2019ve been contacted by phone, make a note of the date, time and duration of the call as well as the number of the caller.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Report all of this to the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.antifraudcentre-centreantifraude.ca\/report-signalez-eng.htm\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. They maintain quite a comprehensive list of scams currently running to inform Canadians. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre works with the RCMP to detect and apprehend scammers.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Report the scam to your local police station and make a note of your complaint file number. If you get any further calls or emails from the scammers, report this additional info using the same file number. Or if you notice any suspicious activity on your telecom or bank account, report that too &#8211; using the same file number.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Reporting suspicious activity on your bank or credit card statements to the police is essential if you want to prevent it from negatively appearing on your credit report and potentially damaging your credit rating.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bring the scam to our attention by emailing us at <\/span><a href=\"mailto:info@planhub.ca\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">info@planhub.ca<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog-shared-space.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2020\/07\/sincerely-media-ZwI6tCPxOy4-unsplash-scaled.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4083 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/blog-shared-space.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2020\/07\/sincerely-media-ZwI6tCPxOy4-unsplash-290x220.jpg\" alt=\"Planhub is safe\" width=\"290\" height=\"220\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PlanHub is a <strong>safe and secure site<\/strong>. We only help you choose the best mobile and internet deals for your needs. It is completely safe to browse on our site and click any links to plans that may interest you. Links we provide to plans are always provided to us by the service provider themselves and always lead to a safe destination. So go ahead,<a href=\"http:\/\/planhub.ca\"> browse for the best phone plans and internet plans in the market with peace of mind<\/a>. Just be careful of those who pretend to be us. Thank you for your vigilance.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over the past few days, we have been made aware that a bunch of scammers have been posing as Planhub to contact Canadians over phone and email. They offer too-good-to-be-true deals on the latest smartphones (e.g. Samsung Galaxy Note 10+, iPhone 11Pro Max etc). 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