Tampa Electric Company Imposter

Christie –

Victim Location 33611

Type of a scam Utility

A John Mathews from Tampa Electric called our office in mid afternoon stating a tech was on his way to our office to shut off our power since we failed to pay the last two months payments. I told him thats interesting since the checks had already cleared from our account but he quickly added sometimes a glitch happens in the system but that was not his department. He said if I paid $500 to the account he could inform the tech to not shut off our power but I had 40 minutes to do it before he arrived. All I had to do was go to a Walgreens or Costco and get a Moneypak prepaid card, add $500 to the card and scratch off the back to reveal the authorization code. Then call him with the code and he will relay to tech to not turn off power. After coming to my senses from the panic of losing power, I contacted TECO directly and found our account was current and we were being scammed. I was transferred to a department who handles these types of problems and I gave them the name and number of the scammer. This guy had all the answers, so beware if you get a call.

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