From the Lincoln Police Department
Telephone calls from Ameren may be a scam

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[March 25, 2015]  LINCOLN - From the Lincoln Police Department Facebook Page:

We received more reports today that there are people who are receiving phone calls from people who are pretending to be from Ameren/Cilco.

They are telling customers that they need to send money right away to avoid having the customers electricity turned off. Do not send anyone money unless you know who they really are.

There is technology that allows these fraudulent people to imitate phone numbers that show up on caller ID's as actual business phone numbers. Just because your caller ID says the call is from a business, do not share personal information with anyone you are not sure about.

If you are not sure about the caller, you can look up a valid number for that business and you can call the business back.

 

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