Scam Alert: TruLink Wireless Seems to Spoof Safelink Wireless

Note: a previous version of this article was e-mailed to the Social Service Department on 3/5/09.

The National Consumer Law Center ,through its Utility Network listserv, recently circulated a warning of a company that appears to be charging consumers $30 to do nothing more than funnel an application to Safelink Wireless. Safelink Wireless by TracFone Wireless, Inc., offers free cellphones and 80 minutes of free service monthly to low income people, as reported previously in this space (MGH Community News , January 2009). So, buy beware!

For more information about Safelink Wireless or to apply:: www.safelinkwireless.com 1-800-977-3768. Paper applications are also available from the Community Resource Center.

-Adapted from: “Possible phone scam?”Charlie Harak, Utility Network listserv,March 04, 2009. www.safelinkwireless.com or 1-800-977-3768.

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