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Alabama Attorney General Warns Of Spanish-language Scam

| January 24, 2018 @ 5:00 am

By Ike PigottAlabama NewsCenter

Would-be criminals have added a new wrinkle in a long-running scam regarding payment of bills: a second language.

The basic deception has remained constant for years – getting an unsuspecting customer to deliver payment to a utility through an untraceable money-pack card. The caller demands payment within a very short time frame, threatening to turn off the power. The call may even spoof the correct name and phone number on the caller ID. But now they are calling Hispanic-owned businesses, and making their threat in Spanish.

A recent wave of those Spanish-language calls has prompted Alabama’s attorney general to issue a warning.“Scammers posing as bill collectors are unfortunately very common in Alabama,” said Attorney General Steve Marshall. “These scams take many forms, from claiming to be from the IRS, local law enforcement and even the Attorney General’s Office. In this latest case, the scammers say they are from Alabama Power.”

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