By Keisa Sharpe
Would-be criminals continue to find new variations of credit card and debit card scams. The goal is tricking you into thinking you’re communicating with your utility, and getting information to take your money.
The latest twist sounds a lot like the auto-pay options that many companies offer for speed and convenience. These scams tend to spread across the country, hopping from area code to area code, but this new one seems to have started in Maryland.
Chesapeake Utilities reports that a customer got a call from someone claiming to be with the company. The scammer was asking for credit card information to put on file for future payments to the account.
According to Alabama Power Accounting Manager Mark Patterson, “Auto pay can be an attractive option for many customers. We do offer that, just not in that manner, and not via credit cards.”
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