It’s an automated Centerpoint energy message for outages

April 1, 2024

Scam don't call

January 15, 2024

Power Outage Updates

September 28, 2023

Automated power outage alerting system.

June 9, 2023

Outage/repair notification

April 11, 2023

Scam call

September 16, 2022

Allow this number.

September 7, 2022

This one is fraud

September 2, 2022

Spoofs Centerpoint Energy in phishing attempt

August 18, 2022

Robocall stated my Centerpoint account was scheduled to be disconnected in the next 30-45 minutes, requesting payment. Only reason I answered was because the number came up as legit on a Google search. Can't even trust real numbers anymore.

August 8, 2022

Scam spoofing real number

August 4, 2022

Scammers

July 26, 2022

Block this caller

July 21, 2022

Robocall stated my Centerpoint account was scheduled to be disconnected in the next 30-45 minutes, requesting payment. I don't have Centerpoint and don't even live in Texas anymore.

July 20, 2022

Pretending to be. Wants you to vinmo $ to them!

July 5, 2022

SCAM OR FRAUD

June 24, 2022

spoofed number

June 22, 2022

Claim to be CenterPoint and power will be shutoff if you don’t pay.

June 17, 2022

Could be a legit number but can also be spoofed for a scam about a utility account issue.

June 15, 2022

The disconnect scam. I don’t have Centerpoint energy.

June 15, 2022

Scam pretending to be Centerpoint energy demanding payment or electricity turned off in 15 minutes

June 10, 2022

This call is spam!

May 30, 2022

Cut off scam

May 28, 2022

The number came through as Centerpoint Energy. I answered it. The automated message said my services would be disconnected in 30 to 45 minutes due to non payment. An actual person got on the line and said thank you for holding how can I help you. I said I dont know, yall called me and the line disconnected immediately. Guess I will find out in the next hour or so if my services get disconnected.

May 28, 2022

Says it's Centerpoint and to press 1 or your power will be cut off.. like really?? First of all, no energy company does that.. second of all, I dont even have an account with Centerpoint. Scam using actual Centerpoint number.

May 24, 2022

Not Centerpoint!!!

May 23, 2022

Spoofed number

May 20, 2022

scam caller claiming to be centerpoint energy

May 20, 2022

Electric provider

May 7, 2022

I had this in my contacts & y’all have as unknown 😡

May 6, 2022

This is not CenterPoint.

April 23, 2022

Fake account pretends to be Centerpoint payment center for delinquent accounts.

April 23, 2022

Claims to be Centerpoint Energy

April 22, 2022

Tells you to pay past balance or power will be cut off

April 20, 2022

Says my account is delinquint with Centerpoint Energy, but I do not have an account with them and they don't even operate in my area.

April 20, 2022

This says it is from Centerpoint Energy. Except we don’t use Centerpoint Energy. They don’t even own our power lines. SCAM

April 19, 2022

Allow

April 6, 2022

Not a spammer

March 30, 2022

713-207-2222 called and an automated message said my services were going to be disconnected within 15 mins due to outstanding non-payment(my bill is current and due march...March... February) when I selected 1 to take care of it, a "customer service agent" with a heavy accent answered. When I asked why because my bill isn't due until march...March... hung up. When I called the number back, it said it did not recognize my number and to give my zip and street address for confirmation, and that there wasn't anyone to answer my calls and to call back during normal business hours. I hung up and called the real centerpoint energy and it automatically recognized my number and said "hello *my name*"...and what do ya know...my bill isn't due until March! P.S...when I called the scammer back, they had the opening automated system centerpoint has...too a T. ...but it wasn't them

February 26, 2022

Claim your last 3 months of payments didn’t go through and ask for payment via bank account

February 18, 2022

Claimed to be CenterPoint Energy, said my service would be disconnected due to my account being overdue and I had to make a payment right now. I don't use CenterPoint Energy, never have. Scam spoofing CenterPoint's number.

December 4, 2021

Fake utilities "disconnection of service" or rebates/savings scam by madarchod criminals phoning from India and spoofing the actual number for CenterPoint Energy on Caller ID. Automated recordings from utility companies are ONLY valid if they state outages/restorations/repairs. All recordings that say your electric/gas/water will be disconnected because of an unpaid bill or that you are due a rebate are SCAMS! This scam begins with a recording that is generated using text-to-speech translation software to disguise the origin of this India scam. The recording may say: "This is a disconnection notice from your electric company. Please be aware that your electric service will be disconnected within the next 30 minutes due to non-payment on the account. Immediate action is required to avoid disconnection today." These fake service suspension scams have used in hundreds of India phone scams to say either your Verizon, AT&T, Sprint, DirecTV or cable TV, Comcast, or various utility services has been or will be disconnected/suspended unless you press 1 or call back. The India scammer states your bill is overdue or your account will be suspended, and they try to steal your Social Security number, credit card number, or bank account/routing number under the pretense of verifying your account information and demanding that you pay the fake past due amount. All real disconnections of electric/gas/water, phone, Internet, and television service are always preceded by personal notices sent to you by paper mail or email that detail the exact amount that is unpaid. This India scammer also runs electric savings/rebate scams that pretend to offer savings or rebate checks where the call begins with a recording that says: "This is an apology call from your electric utility. You got overcharged by your third party supplier. You will be receiving a rebate check along with a 30% discount on your electric and gas bill. Please press 1 to get a rebate check." or "Since you have not missed any electric bill payments in the last 3 months, you are eligible for 15% discount on your bill. If you need the discount on your electric bill, press 1." Again with this fake electric savings/rebate scam, the scammer tries to steal your credit card, SSN, bank account number, and personal information. About 65% of North America scam calls come from India and 30% come from the Philippines. India scammers run hundreds of fraud, extortion, and money laundering scams every day such as posing as a fake pharmacy, fake Social Security officer saying your benefits are suspended, IRS officer collecting on fake unpaid back taxes, debt collector threatening you for fake unpaid bills, fake bank/financial/FedEx/UPS/DHL scams, pretending to offer fake health insurance, car warranty, student loan forgiveness, credit card and debt consolidation services, posing as Amazon to falsely say an unauthorized purchase was made to your credit card or your Prime membership was auto-debited from your bank, posing as Microsoft/Dell/HP/Apple to say your account has been hacked or they detected a virus on your computer, fake "we are refunding your money" or "your account has been auto-debited" scams, fake Google/Alexa listing and work-from-home scams, posing as electric utilities, Verizon, AT&T, or Comcast, fake solar panel and home purchase offers, fake fundraisers asking for donations, fake phone surveys, and the scammers try to steal your credit card, bank account/routing number, Social Security number, and personal information. India scammers often rotate through fake Social Security, subscription auto-renewal, pharmacy, and pre-approved loan scams on the same day. Philippines scammers focus more on auto/home/health/life insurance, Social Security and Medicare identity theft. Scammers use disposable VoIP phone numbers (e.g. MagicJack devices) or they spoof fake names and numbers on Caller ID. Anyone can use telecom software to phone with a fake CID name and number. Scammers spoof thousands of fake 8xx toll-free numbers. CID is useless with scam calls unless the scam asks you to phone them back. CID area codes are never the origin of scam calls since scams use spoofed CID numbers from across the US and Canada, numbers belonging to unsuspecting people, invalid area codes, and fake foreign country CID numbers; e.g. fake women crying "help me" emergency scams often spoof Mexico and Middle East CID numbers. Scammers often spoof the actual phone numbers of businesses such as Apple, Verizon, and banks to trick you into thinking the call is valid. How can you avoid being scammed by phone calls? NEVER trust any unsolicited caller who: sells something (most unsolicited calls are scams so your odds of saving money are very poor); asks for your Social Security number; offers a free gift or reward; threatens you with arrest/lawsuit or says you need to reply back soon (pressure tactic); asks you to access a website, download a file, wire transfer money or buy prepaid debit/gift cards; claims suspicious activity on your account; says your subscription is being refunded or auto-renewed/auto-debited; and all pre-recorded messages. Recordings are far more likely to be malicious scams and not just telemarketer spam. All unsolicited callers with foreign accents, usually Indian or Filipino, are usually scams. Filipino scammers tend to speak better English than Indian scammers. Filipinos speak English with a subtle accent having a slight trill. Scams often say that you inquired about a job, insurance, social security benefits, or that you previously contacted them or visited their website. A common India scam plays a fake Amazon recording. Amazon account updates are emailed, not robo-dialed. Many banks use automated fraud alert calls to confirm a suspicious purchase, but verify the number that the recording tells you to phone or just call the number printed on your credit card. India scammers impersonate AT&T DirecTV, Comcast, or a cable/Internet company, offering fake discounts or service upgrades. Indians impersonate the IRS and Social Security Administration. The IRS/SSA never make unsolicited calls and never threaten to arrest you; they initiate contact via postal mail. Real lawsuits are not phoned in, especially not using pre-recorded threats lacking details; legal notices are mailed/couriered. The police, FBI, DEA never phone to threaten arrest; they show up in person with a warrant. Scammers try to gain your trust by saying your name when they call, but their autodialer automatically displays your name or says your name in a recording when your number is dialed using phone databases that list millions of names and addresses. Scammers often call using an initial recording speaking English, Spanish, or Chinese that is easily generated using text-to-speech translation software to disguise the origin of their India phone room. Some speech synthesis software sound robotic, but others sound natural. To hide their foreign accents, some India scammers use non-Indians in their phone room. Scammers often use interactive voice response (IVR) robotic software that combines voice recognition with artificial intelligence, speaks English with American voices, and responds based on your replies. IVR calls begin with: "Hi, this is fake_name, I am a fake_job_title on a recorded line, can you hear me okay?"; or "Hi, this is fake_name, how are you doing today?"; or "Hello? (pause) Are you there?"; or "Hi, may I speak to your_name?" IVR quickly asks you a short question to elicit a yes/no reply so it hangs up if it encounters voicemail. IVR robots understand basic replies and yes/no answers. To test for IVR, ask "How is the weather over there?" since IVR cannot answer complex questions and it keeps talking if you interrupt it in mid-sentence. IVR usually transfers you to the scammer, but some scams entirely use IVR with the robot asking for your credit card or SSN. A common myth is IVR calls record you saying "yes" so scammers can authorize purchases just using your "yes" voice, but scammers need more than just a recorded "yes" from you - credit cards and SSN. Phone/email scams share two common traits: the CID name/number and the "From:" header on emails are easily faked, and the intent of scam calls is malicious just as file attachments and website links on scam emails are harmful. Scams snowball for many victims. If your personal/financial data are stolen, either by being scammed, visiting a malicious website, or by a previous data breach of a business server that stores your data, then your data gets sold by scammers on the dark web who will see you as fresh meat and prey on you even more. This is why some receive 40+ scam calls everyday while others get 0 to 2 calls per day. If you provide your personal information to a phone scammer, lured by fake 80%-discounted drugs or scared by fake IRS officers, you receive even more phone scams and identity theft can take years to repair. Most unsolicited calls are scams, often with an Indian accent. No other country is infested with pandemics of phone room sweatshops filled with criminals who belong to the lowest India caste and many are thieves and rapists who were serving jail time but released early due to prison overcrowding. Scammers often shout profanities at you. Just laugh at their abusive language. Google "Hindi swear words" and memorize some favorites, e.g. call him "Rundi Ka Bacha" (son of whore) or call her "Rundi Ki Bachi" (daughter of whore). Scammers ignore the National Do-Not-Call Registry; asking scammers to stop calling is useless. You do these scammers a favor by quickly hanging up. But you ruin their scams when you slowly drag them along on the phone call, give them fake personal and credit card data (16 random digits starting with 4 for Visa, 5 for MasterCard), ask them to speak louder and repeat what they said to waste their time and energy.

July 30, 2021

Electric repair notice

July 12, 2021

Posing as CenterPoint Energy

April 21, 2021

Centerpoint

January 14, 2021

Electricity Area Outage

October 23, 2020

Automated call from CenterPoint Energy to notify customers about power state

July 29, 2020

Not spam.

June 23, 2020

Gas Company

May 21, 2020

This an alert from electricity supplier

May 13, 2020

Power company updates

January 14, 2020

Centerpoint Energy Repair Notice

April 16, 2019