Just so everyone knows, the phone company explained that the reason you get the not in service message is only because the company usint eh number has it set up to only place outgoing calls.

Btw I am not a Telus customer, some of you mentioned it was something from Telus.

called to inform me I had won 100,000 Airmiles... just press 1 to verifyI just hung up.

just missed the call

A rough transcript of my interaction with this caller.

Automated Message: "This is a message to inform you that you have won 100,000 airmiles. Press 1 to continue."

Operator: "Hello. Can you please confirm that you are over the age of 25".

Me: "Hi. Can I ask where you are calling from and what you are calling about?"

Operator: "I can put you through to a manger, but first I need you to answer the screening questions. Are you over the age of 25? Do you have a valid credit card (Visa, MC, AMEX)?"

Me: "Well it's quite obvious that this is a phishing scam, and I will be reporting this number to Bell. Goodbye."


I am worried that this might affect other people who are not so skeptical.

Number just received now, did not answer, not my area code.