Caution: Phone scams

wwhwang · February 2013

Got a few calls about this at work: If you're getting a call/email/text saying that your iPhone 5/Samsung Galaxy SIII/Blackberry Z10 is being recalled and to ship it to your cell phone company for replacement/repairs, it's a scam. Do not ship your phone in to the address provided by the scammer. Unless Apple, Samsung, or RIM have made a press announcement, there is no recall.

Ken Light · February 2013

LoL that's pretty clever though. Thanks for the head's up!

cornelia · February 2013

Glad you pointed this out. I've never had a call like that. Do you have the scammer's phone number? Maybe you can share it so we'd have an idea whose phone call to watch out for.

cornelia · February 2013

Could this scam be related to the spam messages about defective iPhones being distributed by several retail stores where the recipients of the messages were advised to return them for a refund? I have read several complaints posted at CALLERCENTER about such calls from different phone numbers.

wwhwang · February 2013

Caution: Phone scams

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