"This is Nathan from PPL. There is a shut-off order on the apartment building you manage. You need a new "interface." The old one could overload and burst into flames. The "new" one cost $800.00 plus installation."

"We just had new meters installed by you guys last year."

"Yes sir and those meters are drawing far too many amps and overloading the interface, it is a very dangerous situation.

"Bullcrap."

"If you give me your credit card information we can send technicians out to look at the place and temporarily take the building off the shut down list. The bill for that is $500.00 plus a $5.95 processing fee."

I can catch those creeps for you. The cost to you will be only $295 plus a $5 handling fee. Visa or master card?

Did you save his number? post it and we can call him a jillion times and try to sell him Barbara Streisand t shirts...

I called the real PPL to report it and they ask if the number was 1-877-479-6832.

Yes, it was.

RUT-ROH

How them guys know who has all of the money I will never know!

It ain't my money, I just manage it!

I sure would've suspected something... $800 to upgrade electrical service on an aprtment building is a bargain!

Mike

We just had all the meters in the building changed to the new style smart meters, the work was done for free by PPL, the local electric utility (required by the PUC).

What the heck is an interface in a building electrical system. Don't think we have one of those so I guess is doesn't need upgrading.

tell him , I will meet your guys here with cash , I am in unit A when you get here.

Pay it with a bogus check. If they complain you will know who they are.

I really thing the phone companies are making money off those folks some how or they would figure out how to stop them.. They charge me for every thing I do and people claim they are tracking all our calls and info. So I think there is some kick back some where or the phone folks would shut them down,,
I've started actually messing with a lot of them.. Had some Hodgie so confused the other day he actually hung up on me.. How rude..

Mac

I am with Mac on this one, try to mess with all of them. I had one of them non-porkeaters so mad he rudely told me to make like a vacuum on his boy part, then accused me of having relations with my mother before hanging up on me. He was not a very friendly sort.
One of my favorites is the ones that ask for Dad. He has been gone for over 5 years now, I have a lot of fun with these calls.

How rude....Haha

Well Lugnut if it makes you feel any better I DID have a veterinarian a couple weeks ago screw me out of $800+

My interface wore out, so threw it away. It was low on fluid anyways.

I enjoy going on you tube and watch the scammers get scammed. Some of it is amusing.