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Text scammers target Tbaytel customers

Message urges users to click link, promising an e-transfer from the city-owned utility.
Tbaytel Warning
Tbaytel says this text message is not legitimate and the public should not click the link. (Leith Dunick, tbnewswatch.com)

THUNDER BAY - The local phone company is warning customers and cell-phone users to be wary of a text-base scam.

Tbaytel issued the warning on Saturday via Twitter.

"Please be advised there is presently a fraudulent text message in circulation stating that Tbaytel has issued an e-transfer to customers. This text message is not legit and we advise customers not to click on the link that is attached and to delete the text immediately," the utility wrote on its social media account.



Leith Dunick

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A proud Nova Scotian who has called Thunder Bay home since 2002, Leith is Dougall Media's director of news, but still likes to tell your stories. Wants his Expos back and to see Neil Young at least one more time (it's happening!). Twitter: @LeithDunick
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