ICBC customers warned to ignore a text message encouraging them to click on a link to get their $110 rebate cheque. Here’s how and when the money will be distributed.
Text messages asking Tri-City residents to click on a link to get their $110 ICBC rebate cheque are fake.
The public auto insurer has posted a warning on its website to inform customers to be wary of the scam.
At least one Port Coquitlam resident is complaining after receiving the texts that apologized for the delay in sending the cheque and said the ‘payment was made.’
“Heads up on new scam. Received the text today,” the poster wrote on the Port Coquitlam Community Facebook page.
The text also provided a link that could be used to obtain personal information, possibly putting someone at risk of identity theft.
Posts on social media warning about ICBC rebate scam in Port Coquitlam
But people aren’t falling for the ICBC text scam, and some are even warning people about it.
The texts first began surfacing in March, when the rebate was announced, and are circulating again now because ICBC said the rebates would be delivered starting in May with all rebates to be paid out by the end of July.
The ICBC message is as follows:
“PLEASE NOTE: ICBC will not issue any rebates to customers via text message or email. If you receive a text message asking you to click a link to receive your relief rebate, please delete the message — this is a scam.”
