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Originally Posted by legion
All it takes is finding the right hook on the right person at the right time.
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Gas company calls me. I had a stale bill on my garage heater. Everything was correct. Account number. Past due amount. Address.
She was so nice.
I say hit my account on the 18th cause money's coming in on the 17th. Gave them my debit card. (I ain't smarter than your average bear, eh?)
So I luckily screw up and the money's not coming in until the 23rd. Call the gas company to defer the withdrawal until the correct date. In short, "We don't solicit payments, Sir. You call us, pay your past due amount and we turn the utility back on."
So I killed the debit card and dodged a big bullet. Googled the scam and they don't limit the account swipe to the past due amount.
Somebody got hold of a gas company master file and went to work.