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Zain R

1 reviews | Active since Jan 2020

16 Jan 2020, 14:06

Sim Swap - Changes to Service provide Swap

I Am utrly disgusted by the service that i received from cell C its not the consultants that assist its Celll C itself. I Requested for a sim swap on my mobile number *** we had load shedding and for some reason when we load shed we loose signal after our power was restored my sim still said no service ...I contacted the Cell c service centre and was advised that i should try my sim in another device which i did ..i realized that my sim was not reading and that all other sim cards was working in my phone ...I was advised to do a sim swap which i then purchased a new Unrica'd Cell C sim card ...adter calling customer service i was asked a number of secutiy questions which i feel is rediculous ...i obviously could not remember all of them i mean really the last time that i rechared I could not recall however i could recall the amount i could not exactly conifrm the last dialed number on my phone either and becas ethey not allowed to tell you which questons i got wrong how on earth am i supposed to rectify myself ....Surely there are other ways of verifying my information on the system they could ask me my ID number or my 2 or 3 numbers which i have dialed or a numbver that i sms'd that i know i can conifrm being......I am now left without my phone i have an emergency recharge which i would have liked to repay as well as i cannot make any of my online payments caus ei cannot get my OTP... That said i am porting my number out to Telkom there data bundles seems to be cheaper anyway the only reason i stuck ith Cell C cause i remember it being an innovative company that looked after the little people like me...I woked for the company for a number of years and was very passionate about the brand in fact i just today reccomended tto some of my peers that they should take the Cell C Wifi - cause ...well needles to say i am sharing my absolutely disguster experience with them and i am sure tey will probably ot for another SP. Besides i am sure that the person reading this would not understand when i Say i really have to "C for myself" Anyway i thought that i would write this and hopefuly you can put some alternative measures in place oh by the way this is the second time i will now have to change my nuber cause i could not remember all the questions ...should you wish to provide feedback you can email me on *** seeing that my number is not orking however i will be porting it out so hopefully i should be up an running by tomorrow

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Cell C
Cell C's reply16 Jan 2020, 18:23
Official
Good day Zain Van Rooyen

Thank you for contacting Cell C. 

There is a lot of ***** when it comes to SIM swaps and that is why we take the necessary steps to protect you as the customer as well as Cell C. A SIM swap cannot be processed without you passing the security check questions.

^NT 

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Zain R's update22 Jan 2020, 08:18
Reviewer Update
I know you have security measures in place however surely you can establish that the information that i provided was correct ...so I might not have remembered exactly the recharge or last number dialled however there are other ways ...like I said I worked for Cell C for over 6 years and trust me I know the business ...Surely if i could give you some numbers that I sms'd or called or told you that i did recharge and what i recharged with ...despite the exact date that should prove its my sim in addition to that i still have the original sim with me that stopped working ....i am not trying to sway your minds to assist me with a sim swap i just want you to use a little common sense ..oh by the way your replies is very robotic as if it was a standard response none of my points were addressed shows how much interest you have ....I will publicise this review so that people can see how little Cell C actually Values their client's lately probably cause were not a high enough Tier Group ...The only reason i wanna keep my number is its on my banking it’s on my CV and just don’t want to go through the hassle of updating everything ..well its a new year so i suppose change is good i am definitely changing my network to Telkom ...And i am going to use all the influence i have to expose Cell C ...i worked in your "Escalations department" department so i do have some Media contact that i can use ...You guys could have at least taken the time to properly reply to my initial post ..rather than replying with what i think is a one line response ...Totally disgusted with Cell C