Scam Type
Utility Scam
Business Name Used
CENTER POINT ENGERY- Imposter
Date Reported
Sep 30, 2022
Victim Postal Code
77041
Total Dollars Lost
1117
Scam Description
THEY TOLD ME MY GAS (NATUAL GAS ) WAS BEING DISCONNECTED FOR LACK OF PAYMENT… THEY SAID CENTERPOINT WHO I USE HAS CHANGED THE METHOD I MAKE PAYMENTS AND INSTRUCTED ME TO SEND THEM MY 30 DOLLLAR PAYMENT THROUGH ZELLE WHICH I DID FOR 2 MONTHS OF SERVICE THEY SAID I DID NOT PAY TOTAL OF $58.68 THEN PROCEED TO HAVE ME ZELLE THEM A DEPOSIT DUE TO MY ACCOUNT GOING DELINQUENT AND WHICH I DID AGAIN THRU ZELLE SEND THEM $500 FOR DEPOSIT.. THEN THEY TOLD ME THEY WOULD REFUND ME ALL THE MONEY BUT I HAD TO SEND THE WHOLE PAYMENT TOGETHER AS 1 WHICH STUPIDLY I DID… SO I WAS SCAMMED OUT OF $1117.36 AND MY BANK WILL NOT REFUND ME THE MONEY AS THEY SAID THERE WAS NO FRAUD.
