Geoflying

Just got a robo call "Thank you for choosing Westjet..."

Since I have never flown Westjet in my life and my phone number is on the Do Not Call List, what on earth is Westjet playing at? I would have thought that a company the size of Westjet would not risk the heavy fines associated with violating the DNCL

TheGreatestX

WestJet has nothing to do with those.

WhiskeyRodeo

I encourage you to check out this link

http://www.westjet.com/guest/en/trav...rt/scams.shtml

Very good change your call was not from WestJet

Ace Cdn

It is all a scam. I have gotten calls saying For being a valuable Westjet/Marriott/Airmiles...etc you have won points. I just hang up and block the number. None of these calls are from any of these companies.

ricski64

Curious to know, what ,if anything is Westjet doing to put an end to the misrepresentation of the company ?

sokolov

It calls like this time and again. westjet, air Canada, cruises, etc. I'm not sure how the scammers make money with that. Probably collecting data or rewiring a "deposit" of some sort?

FlyerJ

Sadly, there's absolutely nothing that WestJet (or other victims, currently including Aeroplan, Marriott Hotels, and Air Miles) can do about it.

In the age of the Internet, it's not like the calls can be traced to any location or organization. They're using technology that spoofs local phone numbers in whatever area they're calling -- and not even Bell or Telus can stop them. These are the telephone version of "phishing" emails.

The calls are most likely coming from some overseas 'boiler room' call centers -- from some pretty sophisticated scam artists. The vast majority of people realize that they're scam calls . . . but there must be enough people responding (and handing over their credit card numbers) that it's still worthwhile for these crooks.