Spam fax received from Rob Cook of "Province Wide Safety Training". Lists phone number of 204-612-7651 and an email address of
[email protected]. It advertises training courses such as "Manitoba Forklift Certification" for "Workplace Safety & Health Training Certification".
Besides being unsolicited, the fax is deceptive because it uses official-sounding names and titles, misleading the unwary into believing the fax came from the government department of the same name. Also, for example, forklift operators in Manitoba are certified by their employer, not by taking a course. A company may include in-house or outside training courses as part of their certification program, but certification requirements are at the discretion of the employer. Workplace Safety & Health (the government department) does not certify forklift operators, nor do they formally endorse any particular training course.
Finally, the CLSID information that should appear at the top of every fax is truncated, making it unreadable.