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UPDATE: Scammers try to cash in on Rogers outage

In the wake of Friday's Canada-wide outage, Rogers Communications promised a proactive credit to customers affected by the black-out.

It didn't take long for fraudsters to take advantage of the situation. Not even a day after communication lines came back online Rogers is warning people of a text scam.

An example of the text was posted on social media by the Peel police on Sunday morning.

https://twitter.com/PRPCrimePrev/status/1546099501399773186

The company advises that any credits will be added directly to the customer's account and no action needs to be taken.

Anyone who does receive a suspicious text is asked to report it to Rogers by forwarding it to 7726 (SPAM).

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