Ear tag labelled 'BC WILDLIFE 06-529' on one side and 'CALL RAP: 877-952-7227' on the other
“It was the first time I’ve seen anything like that; it was pretty bizarre,” said Joan Dudoward.A flash of movement caught her eye as she scrubbed her breakfast plates on a typical Wednesday morning. Peeking out the window above her sink, she gasped— a majestic buck with massive antlers stood gracefully in her yard.
She called the number on the neon green tag to inquire about the buck, but reached a woman who spoke to her very hurriedly, she said. To proceed with delivery, she said she needed some personal information from Dudoward, such as her address. Dudoward couldn’t comprehend why B.C. Wildlife, a legitimate organization, would have put this company’s number on the buck's ear.
In fact, similar cases of fraud involving medical alert devices have happened in the U.S. before, prompting the New York State Department of State and the Minnesota Attorney General to issue cautionary alerts for consumers regarding these “robocalls.”
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