By All Pro on Monday, 21 March 2022
Category: All-Pro Electrical & Air Conditioning Blog

Don’t Be Fooled By Scammers!

It seems like not a day goes by that we don’t receive an email, phone call or text message with some kind of scam. 

Most scams are quite obvious, in fact, they’re obvious by design. Those typo-laden “Nigerian Prince” scams (to cite the classic example) are meant to weed out less-trusting individuals who won’t ultimately send the requested cash. Some scams are a little more sophisticated…

You’ve probably received emails that look like they’re coming from Amazon or Venmo or Bank of America – any company that enough people have or have had an account with so that some percentage of email recipients will be tempted to click on a link that downloads a virus or takes you to a page where you’ll be asked to enter your username and password for that company.

If you’re trying to scam consumers in Broward or Palm Beach, or any number of places in the great state of Florida – there’s a pretty good chance those consumers are going to have an FPL account. That’s why so many scammers pretend to be affiliated with FPL (and other utilities in other areas).

According to FPL, some of the most common scams include:

We just received a version of the phone call scam by text and, like the classic “Nigerian Prince” scam, this beauty was laden with typos:

Dear FP&L Consumer.

We notify you that your electric services will bedisconet  due to lack of payments .Techniacians were dispatched and will arrive in about 30 to 45 minutes. If you have any suggestions or questions , please contact one of our branches or call 888-282-2765. Ext 0 to speak to
a live representative.

The recently launched FPL.com/protect allows consumers to “Report A Scam” right on their website. Information collected here will be used to identify emerging scam trends. To avoid falling for this particular scam, it’s important to know the following information, taken from FPL.com/protect. 

FPL WILL NEVER:

If something dosen't feel right to you - take action:

If you do fall for a scam, contact your local police department, the Florida Attorney General Office at www.MyFloridaLegal.com, or the Federal Trade Commission at www.consumer.ftc.gov.

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