TORONTO – Canada’s telecommunication providers are now required to have systems that prevent scammers from contacting and fleecing their clients unless it’s done by the phone company.
According to new regulations, corporate giants like Telus, Bell, and Rogers will need to do a better job at cutting off unsolicited and illegitimate products and services unless they originate internally and labelled as ‘deals,’ ‘savings,’ or ‘packages.’
“At Rogers, we will comply with the new CRTC regulation, and customers can rest assured that the only people who have a monopoly of ripping them off is us,” said a Rogers spokesperson. “Only pick up the phone if your caller display says ROGERS or immediately respond to our text messages or you’ll miss out.”
Luring consumers with deceptive tactics such as pretending to be a reliable organization or using misleading terms like ‘unlimited’ will only be permitted by the wireless user’s phone company.
“Many of these scams come from India,” explained a Telus sales representative. “They’ll tell you such fantasies like they’re a CRA officer or that they have cell phone plans for $5/month in their country, but those are lies.”
At press time, Bell was informing Canadians that they should be proud to know that they’re number one in the world for expensive phone bills.
