/u/CeruleanSaga - HoustonNewMedia.org https://houstonnewmedia.org/author/u-ceruleansaga/ Building "Bridges" Across the Bayou City! Sun, 24 Oct 2021 00:07:37 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://i0.wp.com/houstonnewmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/cropped-cropped-Houston.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 /u/CeruleanSaga - HoustonNewMedia.org https://houstonnewmedia.org/author/u-ceruleansaga/ 32 32 103504436 Fraudulent call supposedly from Centerpoint https://houstonnewmedia.org/fraudulent-call-supposedly-from-centerpoint/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=fraudulent-call-supposedly-from-centerpoint Sun, 24 Oct 2021 00:07:37 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=8e4f5c3f843c9ff9e979d455e255cc58

The call was a robocall saying my power would be disconnected in 45-60 minutes, and to press 1 to connect to their billing dept. Um. I *know* my bill was fine, and they hung up on me when I said that. But this bogus threat was clearly designed to convince people to hand over bank data in a panic. Phishing calls are getting more sophisticated, but this is the worst I've seen yet. Caller ID even matched up. I just wanted to warn people in the area this is going on - Be Careful!

P.S. - been much longer than an hour and, unsurprisingly, my power is still on.

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