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Beware! ¡Cuidado!

North Carolina’s electric cooperatives are warning their members that thieves posing as cooperative employees are trying to steal money and personal information. The scammers are calling Spanish-speaking customers and telling them that their electricity will be disconnected unless they send payment immediately. The scammers are instructing cooperative members to purchase a pre-paid credit card and either send it to a predetermined address or provide the information from that card over the phone.

Your electric cooperative will never contact you to obtain account or personal information; if you ever doubt the identity of someone claiming to represent your co-op over the phone, please hang up and call back to your cooperative using the phone number listed on your bill or another formal document.

!Cuidado!

Engaño dirigido a miembros hispanohablantes de la cooperativa.

Las cooperativas eléctricas de la Carolina del Norte advierten a sus miembros que ladrones presentándose como empleados de la cooperativa están tratando de robar dinero e información personal. Los egañadores llaman a clientes hispanohablantes y les dicen que su electricidad se interrumpirá si no mandan un pago inmediatamente. Los engañadores informan a miembros de la cooperativa que deben comprar una tarjeta de crédito pre-pagada y mandar el pago a una dirección predeterminada o proveer la información de esta tarjeta por teléfono.

Su cooperativa eléctrica nunca se pondrá en contacto con usted para obtener información personal o sobre su cuento. Si jamás duda de la identidad de alguien que declara representar su cooperativa por teléfono, por favor cuelgue y llama a su cooperativa utilizando el número de teléfono en su factura o en otro documento oficial.

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