Utica Police say they've received several calls regarding scammers who say they're with National Grid and threaten to turn off your power unless you pay up.
Police say complicating matters is that the scammers are able to disguise their actual phone number and calling location, so many of these fraudulent phone calls will appear with a 315 area code on your called ID...
The phone calls look legitimate, and that's because of "phone spoofing" technology. It makes the calls and faxes appear to be from government agencies.
Scammers in Great Britain were caught selling fake vaccination cards on eBay and TikTok and the BBB knows it could happen soon in the United States and Canada.
More people are staying home during the coronavirus pandemic. To pass the time at home, more people are watching streaming services like Netflix. Beware of a recent scam promising free Netflix for a year.
The Senate is voting today to determine how much money will be in the latest round of coronavirus relief checks, and already scammers are trying to capitalize on it.