Obama pays your bills’ scam

Obama pays your bills’ scam claims more victims

A multistate identity theft scam that claims President Barack Obama will pay your utility bills appears to have widened.


According to MSNBC.com, more than 2,000 customers in Tampa, Fla., fell for the fake offer last week.

The scheme was first reported in May, when Dallas-based Atmos Energy warned its 3 million customers in 12 states that scammers had been asking for Social Security numbers to enroll in the faux federal program. According to the pitch—distributed via email, Facebook, text message, phone and, in some cases, door-to-door sales—the government would pay a month of energy costs through credits offered by the Obama administration.


Obama pays your bills’ scam claims more victims
 
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