Phone Scam Targeting SMECO Customers
Southern Maryland Electric Cooperative was recently contacted by about 20 customer-members who received phone calls from scammers targeting businesses in the area.
Prepare for Weather-Related Outages, SMECO Urges
SMECO is urging its customer-members to take steps to prepare for possible weather-related power outages due to the potential heavy rains and high winds that could face Southern Maryland during this year’s hurricane season.
Phone Scam Targets SMECO Customers
Southern Maryland Electric Cooperative is issuing a warning to its customers to beware of scammers targeting residents in the region. Some customer-members have received phone calls from scammers identifying themselves as SMECO employees and demanding prepaid debit cards in order to avoid having electric service cut off.
Scammers Target SMECO
Customers of Southern Maryland Electric Cooperative have been targeted by scammers who are trying to convince people that their electricity will be cut off.
SMECO Warns Customers Getting More Scam Calls
Scammers are calling SMECO customers and threatening them with service cut off. See what to look for.
SMECO Warns Customers Getting More Scam Calls
Just because phone ID says “SMECO,” beware. SMECO customers are getting fraudulent calls asking for financial information.
SMECO Warns of Fraud Scam
SMECO warns customer-members not to provide personal, financial, or electric account information to unauthorized callers.
SMECO Upgrade Dives Beneath the Patuxent
The $110-million 30-mile SMECO upgrade In Calvert and St. Mary’s counties includes drilling under the Patuxent River, to begin Sept. 9.
