Victim Location 53216
Total money lost $982
Type of a scam Debt Collections
I received a recording saying that my electricity would be cut off in 30 minutes if I did not pay the bill. I talked to "Jennifer Scherwell" who said she was a supervisor. She transferred me to "Michael Valentino." He said I owed $493 dollars to keep my service. I needed to go to a CVS, Walgreens, etc to get a Green Dot card, put the money on it and call him back to tell him the scratch off code on the back to pay. I thought it unusual but I did it anyway. I called him back and he took the information and then said that, unfortunately I needed to pay a deposit of $489. I repeated the Green Dot card reluctantly. He promised that I would get the money back for the payment and deposit for my trouble and in 120 days that I would not have to pay my bill. False promises.
Later on that evening he called me and I returned the call. He said, "I am sorry but you have been scammed." He went on to say that he "split the money with his partners in crime."
I hope this helps someone else and no one else gets scammed by them like I did. I lost $982 to these scammers.