Scammer poses as a DirecTV representative promising to reduce the cost of my monthly bill by 50% for about a year. Problem is I am a current customer of Charter Spectrum, so I quickly knew that something fishy was going on.
According to this article from WZDX-TV in Huntsville, Alabama, the scam involves direct payment in the form of gift cards. If the victim does not call someone to read the numbers on the back, they will receive a text claiming that “services will be interrupted” and a $1,000 “penalty charge” will be imposed on their account.