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Scammer's address UT, USA
Victim Location CA 95713, USA
Type of a scam Utility
Power shutting off in 30-45 minutes
“I would like to stop the interruption please press one to speak with the billing department otherwise please press two to speak with the disconnection department thank you for choosing our services this is the notification department your electric company service provider we have an automatic interruption of service in the next 30 to 45 minutes to the account status if you find us to be there I would like to stop the interruption please press one to speak with the billing department otherwise please press two to speak with the disconnection department thank you for choosing our service's goodbye…”
Type of a scam Utility
At this time I stopped the conversation and said I am not giving you my credit card and then they said a very nasty thing to me and I hung up.
Type of a scam Utility
I received a phone call. The caller stated he was with the power company. He did not give a specific name. They were going to disconnect my service in thirty minutes because my bill of $253 was overdue. It was approximately that amount. He asked for my account number. I refused. He also asked for my name and address. I gave it out my name and address. I asked for the billing department. I said give me the phone number for the billing department. The caller hung up on me. I called the phone number in my caller ID. 419-303-7097. A female answered. The number is a private residence.
Country United States
Victim Location ID 83686, USA
Type of a scam Phishing
Five minutes do delinquent account status if you find us to be an error or would like to stop the interruption please press one to speak with the billing department otherwise please press two to speak with the disconnection department thank you for choosing our services this is the notification department in your electric company service provider you have an automatic interruption of service in the next 30 to 45 minutes due to delinquent account status if you find us to be there or would like to stop the interruption please press one to speak with the billing department otherwise please press two to speak with the disconnection department thank you for choosing our services goodbye…”
Victim Location VA 22204, USA
Type of a scam Utility
This newest scam was from an unidentified individual (live person, not a recording) purporting to represent my “power company,” but never mentioned my residential electricity supplier, Dominion Energy. They claimed I had been inadvertently overcharged for my electricity usage for the previous six months and were contacting me to arrange both a refund of the overpayment and to reduce my monthly power bill for the next six months as a means of apology. The caller was male and had a slight but unidentifiable foreign accent. As previously noted, the caller ID indicated the call was coming from my next door neighbor’s home number (hence my assumption it was being “spoofed”); not much call blocking can do in this instance since it would be counterproductive.
Of course I knew this was a scam from the outset both because I always check my various monthly utility bills, charges and usage levels as a matter of course. Plus, Dominion Energy would presumably only handle a billing/payment correction by hardcopy mail through its billing department.
So I played along with the caller for a bit without providing any information to them about myself, not my name, location, or anything to do with my current utilities. During the course of our conversation – while only asking a couple of clarifying questions – it became apparent the only information the caller had about me was my telephone number (which would have been available from their autodialing software). I did ask several times who he worked for and his stock response each time was simply: “a contractor working for your power company.”
What it came down to was the caller was requesting four pieces of information (my name, my utility account number, my address, and my checking account number) in order to (1) send the utility overpayment “refund” to me and (2) to provide a partial discount to my utility account for each of the next six months. None of this information was provided to the caller.
While I remained calm throughout our call, the caller’s voice revealed he was becoming frustrated and agitated after about 4 minutes. When I asked him what my previous month’s utility payment had been and how much of it was part of the overcharged amount, his demeanor changed and became more aggressive. At this point his voice became louder and quite forceful as he said: “Why would you need to know that. Don’t you understand that I am trying to do you a favor here? I can save you real money unless that’s not something you’re interested in.” (Clearly, a last ditch pressure tactic by a scammer who was feeling pressure that he'd already spent too much time with a target without success).
I just told him I was not interested and hung up.
By email I’m providing this information on what appears to be a new telephone scam - at least to me - and potential fraud or possibly identity theft effort to both the Arlington County Police Department (Virginia) and the Better Business Bureau. A separate hardcopy will be sent to Dominion Energy (Dominion does not have an email avenue for reporting fraud or similar scams).
Gary Mason
4712 8th Road South
Arlington, VA 22204
Scammer's address Richmond, VA 23261, USA
Country United States
Victim Location VA 23518, USA
Type of a scam Utility
Type of a scam Utility
It was bogus.
After the initial call from 844 410-6609 at 11:10 am; another call came from . As soon as I announced the name of my employer, they hung up.
It took time away from the Mon-power to verify this and from our employees, but they were unsuccessful in gaining anything from their attempt to get monies that was not even owed to anyone.
I hope in reporting this that others will be spared the difficulty all together. They try to trick people into calling them after the automated scare tactic.
Country United States
Victim Location TX 76111, USA
Type of a scam Utility
Victim Location GA 31901, USA
Type of a scam Utility
Scammer's address Unknown
Type of a scam Utility
Type of a scam Utility
Type of a scam Utility
Total money lost $1,600
Type of a scam Utility