Be Careful when Shopping at Loblaw-owned Stores | Simplii Financial | Discussion forum

Thanks,

Without your warning, I might have fallen for the scam. Who could have guessed store like Loblow would do something like this.

Thanks for the warning Loonie! Twice there have been women in the lobby of a certain No Frills offering to provide free points for 'free points day'. I suspect this was probably the scam. One of them actually asked for my passport (which of course I didn't give to them). I believe they had on company gear as well. This is a very dishonest practice and I agree with Loonie that the stores should definitely take responsibility for making sure their customers aren't scammed in this way. After all, if the scammers are on store property and at the entrance of the store, I think it could be argued there is some liability there.

AltaRed said

Agree that the warning is welcome, but to be fair, it's not Loblaws doing this. It is their contractor doing it, without proper Loblaw contractual constraints and/or oversight. That is often the problem when companies hire third parties. Perhaps this will be a learning for them.

It is one thing if someone sells poppies on Loblaws property, and quite another thing to solicit a credit card specifically geared to the Loblaws chain by offering 'free points' to the Loblaws loyalty program. Why shouldn't they (Loblaws) take responsibility?