The KU Electric Company phone scam continues to plague small business owners across Kentucky.
One vet clinic was targeted, but the crooks didn’t catch them in the scam.
“They told us that they were going to pay our electricity bill within 30 minutes, or they were going to disconnect us,” said Dr. Detra Bryant.
She said she had a room full of animals and her four-year-old son was with her when the call came in. Her staff was scared of losing critical power. The called another number that the scammers provided and on the other end was a familiar sound.
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“It was an 800 number, with an extension, and when I called the number, it was the KU recording, with a prompt for billing and payments,” Dr. Bryant told LEX 18.
The woman who answered Dr. Bryant’s call knew her address, name and how much her last bill was. Dr. Bryant said that the woman claimed she was late on two months worth of bills.
“She said if I paid the total amount, which was 1,005 dollars, they would credit my future account,” said Dr. Bryant.
Dr. Bryant says she almost fell for the scam until the scam artist told her she wanted to meet at a CVS pharmacy and pay in cash.
“At the same time my bookkeeper was on the other line, talking to KU and found out it was a scam, so I was getting more information from this woman to see what was going on,” said Dr. Bryant.
She was booked with appointments or she may have met up with the scammers at CVS, brining the police along with her.
