Truist Scam Alert !

Not every email is a scam. My electricity was about to be shut off unless I clicked the provided instant pay link right now to make an immediate payment. I did so and it worked. The lights are still on.

I have taken every precaution possible, but these scam mails still come through.I know better than to click on the links, as malware can do some damage. Some people are not as cautious, however. As for my phone, it is a flip phone, no internet access.

This is total b.s.

The utility will notify you by mail, not an email.

Actually, everything is paperless and by email and text messaging these days.

Anyhow, this was an actual scam that happened a few months ago. The email was sent by some obscure web server, as was the supposed payment link. And I immediately knew it was a scam because ALL of my bills are set up for draft payment. I called the power company to alert them to this scam.

The property tax statements are the only thing that I need that arrives by snail mail. I do get emails and text messages that bill payments will be processed on whatever upcoming day, and a follow up message that auto payment was successful. All I have to do is transfer enough money from my savings into the checking account once a month to cover everything. That takes only minutes to do. And in fact, that won't be necessary anymore because I'm retired now and I set my monthly SS and pension payments up to go straight to checking.

I get nothing else but junk snail mail now. I hate having to manually pay bills every f'n month. It's an unnecessary time consuming task. And it would mean I'd have to walk all the way down my long driveway to check the mail every day. You don't want billing and bank statement info sitting in there for too long, it can contain some rather personal data. Even bank statements arrive via email with a secure link to click, login, and download them.

If it wasn't for the property tax statements, I'd get rid of the snail mail box entirely. Even the mail lady often brings my mail to my back door because she has to deliver an Amazon or order anyhow.

Keeping things convenient, paperless, and less time consuming! That's what technology is for.

Where I live, they send a paper notice in a blue envelope, telling you of the shutoff date.

I fell for it twice now.
Never again hopefully.

I saw in this live stream (watched a portion of it) and Scammer Paypack briefly mentioned the Truist Scammers. These are data miners to get your account information and link it to your number:

just seeing this, Tiger1!

one of the banks I use... good information