consumers energy

October 13, 2022

Need the call

November 14, 2021

Caller said he was Consumers Energy. First red flag: this company name does not provide me electric or gas utilities, nor do they operate anywhere in the state that I live in. Second red flag: caller had a thick foreign accent, likely Indian. Third red flag: he immediately asked for my social and "Visa or Mastercard number", and when I purposely gave him a fake SSN, he never said that my mentioned SSN did not match his records, but he was able to soon tell me that my Visa card number did not work as he obviously tried to quickly charge to it. Fourth red flag: just to play along with him, I falsely told him that I had multiple accounts and which account number was delinquent and for how much, and he was not prepared to improvise a reply. This is probably a valid call for most of you. But India scammers frequently impersonate utilities, banks, and businesses and pretend to collect on fake debts. So watch out!!!!

March 2, 2021

Consumers Energy

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