EREC Warns Of Telephone Scam

March 19, 2018

Escambia River Electric Cooperative is warning members to be aware of scam artists who may call posing as electric cooperative employees.

The caller may tell EREC members that immediate payment on their account is needed to avoid disconnection of electric service.  The callers then provide instructions to send money using a third-party pay system.

EREC said the company was made aware of the scam by members who called about the status of their account.  EREC is advising members if they receive a suspicious call regarding their utility bill to hang up and not provide any credit card or payment information.

Members should also contact EREC to report the incident and check their account states.

“EREC will not call or email you for your account number or password, so do not disclose your account information.  Do not assume you can trust caller ID to indicate where a caller is located.  Scammers may use Internet calling technology, and the area code you see may not be their actual location,” the electric cooperative said.

Gulf Power has issued previous warnings about a similar scam.

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One Response to “EREC Warns Of Telephone Scam”

  1. EMD on March 19th, 2018 3:39 pm

    I have been getting calls with the same area code as my own, but they are NOT in my neighborhood and cannot be reached when calling them back.

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