Pharmasave 亚洲天堂 Lake made a statement on Nov. 9 via Facebook, warning customers about a phone scam that is circulating, where rewards customers are being targeted.
Customers are being contacted by someone impersonating a Pharmasave staff member and are being told they are eligible to win rewards bonus points, if they provide their credit card information.
Lakes District 亚洲天堂 spoke to Pharmasave 亚洲天堂 Lake Pharmacist Dennis Nawrocki, who personally addressed an instance of the scam happening locally.
鈥淪o far, we鈥檝e had one instance of the phone scam for one of our customers. A man called the customer, and asked if they shopped at Pharmasave, and proceeded to say that the customer had won upwards of 10,000 rewards points. The customer told the fake caller that she wanted to confirm with the store. Upon calling the store to investigate, I told her to hang up the other call immediately,鈥� said Nawrocki.
Nawrocki went on to say that he was told the fake caller identified himself from Pharmasave head offices, but didn鈥檛 disclose what location or town he was from. Pharmasave stores do have points programs, but they鈥檙e based on in-store purchasing, and they don鈥檛 require any kind of credit card information.
Pharmasave is asking anyone who receives a similar call to not provide any credit card information. Contact your local Pharmasave to notify them, and also consider reporting the scam to the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre at 1-888-495-8501.
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