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Friday, February 07, 2014

Phone Scam Alert

Moments ago a local Salisbury business received a call from someone claiming to be from Delmarva Power. They told them that they were going to cut their power off at 11:30 TODAY if payment isn't made immediately. 

Being a smart business person, they already knew their bill was paid in full. They created a three way conversation with their bookkeeper and the bookkeeper immediately recognized the phone number was NOT from Delmarva Power. 

They asked why the number was different, CLICK, they hung up. 

This has been reported to local law enforcement and they were told, well, since you didn't give out any personal information it was OK. The Police agreed it was a scam. 

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

I am not sure that DP will think it was ok. Is anyone tracking the number down or simply sweeping under the carpet until someone does get ripped off?

Anonymous said...

There is also a verizon email scam going on, usually i just hit delete spam pretty clear to spot HOWEVER yesterday I got an email from verizonwireless
when i clicked on it there was a link to verizonwireless,,,,if you click on it...sorry i did,,,,a form comes up and asked to confirm your info,,,,i saw the words ACCCOUNT and CARD NUMBER i was pretty sure a scam I talked to a verizonwireless account person on tech talk i sent her what i saw and she looked to verify that VERIZON HAD NOT SENT ME ANY EMAILS what was the only thing missing
.com after the word wireless,,,,, CLICK DELETE QUICK

Anonymous said...

I got the same call and ignored it.Sure enough I'm now in the dark.

DID YOU KNOW said...

Hit *57 after hanging up...this goes to the phone company as "CALL TRACE" and after three calls from that number...they are taking to court for harassment...

Anonymous said...

Yes, 4:50, and happily on the internet! Nice try!