I answered one of these calls recently because the number was on a local exchange.

[samloonie@mstdn.ca]

I answered one of these calls recently because the number was on a local exchange.

A recorded message said I was supposed to press one to schedule a fibre upgrade for my Bell modem. (I'm not on Bell because they don't have high speed internet to my house. Also Bell doesn't call me from my neighbourhood exchange.)

So I pressed one to get scammed. The real person quickly pivoted from scheduling an upgrade to wanting to know if I had a laptop or desktop computer, into needing me to log into my desktop computer.

I said I couldn't do that right now (unsaid: because I was cuddling a puppy) and he abruptly hung up on me. Rude.

This news item says they found a much more cooperative victim.

Fake Bell Canada rep #scams Ontario resident into sending money to U.S. bank | Globalnews.ca https://globalnews.ca/news/11686146/ontario-scam-tech-service-fake-bell-canada-employee/