Victim Location 30075
Type of a scam Phishing
Received a phone call from 1-800-619-3250 pretending to be Georgia Power threatening to cut off power today if the outstanding balance of $859 was not paid immediately. When I told them that I just logged in to my Georgia Power account, I verified that I had a $0.00 balance and that no payment was due, they claimed that the information I was viewing was incorrect and that I needed to call 1-800-619-3250 and ask for John Silva immediately or that I would risk having my power shut off.
After calling 1-800-619-3250 and getting in touch with "John Silva", he asked for account information, social security number, home address, all of which I refused to provide. I asked him what my outstanding balance was and he was unable to provide the correct ($0.00 amount). I then told him that when Googling 1-800-619-3250, scam alerts popped up, and told him that I would be reporting him to the Better Business Bureau. He immediately hung up the phone on me.
Victim Location 30507
Type of a scam Phishing
I recd a call from 800-672-2402, a man introduced himself as Angel Diaz and said our acct at Ga Power is due to be disconnected in less than 1 hours. he requested I call 800-374-9025. the numbers are from Bill Matrix.