4-County EPA Warns Of Scam

PRESS RELEASE

4-County Electric Power Association is urging its members to beware of a collections scam.

Association officials are warning members to beware of anyone posing as a 4-County employee calling and/or coming to their homes to collect money owed or their power will be disconnected. The cooperative does collect some bills at members’ homes, but the employees responsible for this will have on a 4-County uniform and be driving a 4-County vehicle.

At press time, 4-County had received one complaint about an attempted scam in Choctaw County. There are reports of similar attempted scams at rural electric cooperatives across the state.

The Association warns members never to give personal financial data, such as bank account numbers or Social Security numbers, to anyone who calls or visits seeking that information.

4-County officials urge members who suspect an attempted scam to contact the cooperative at 327-8900. “We have ways to track our vehicles and determine if it is one of our employees at a member’s home,” said Cliff Wall, 4-County’s manager of consumer service.