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Alabama NewsCenter — Phone Scammers at It Again in Alabama

| September 20, 2021 @ 6:00 pm

By Alabama NewsCenter Staff

Scammers are at it again, calling Alabama Power customers and falsely demanding immediate payment of an overdue electric bill and threatening that service will be cut – something Alabama Power never does.

In the latest variation of this old scam, the bogus caller asks for a customer’s bank or credit card information and warns that service will be disconnected if payment is not received within 30 or 45 minutes.

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