Contact:
ComEd Media Relations
312-394-3500
Help
Northern Illinois Homes and Businesses Identify
Scams During National Consumer Protection
Week
ComEd executives available to provide tips
to help consumers identify attempts to steal
their money and identity
CHICAGO
- (March 2, 2020) - In recognition of National
Consumer Protection week - March 2-6 - ComEd
joins Utilities United Against Scams (UUAS)
in making ComEd executives are available
to talk about how imposters attempt to steal
money and energy from individuals and businesses
in your coverage area.
Since 2017, ComEd has experienced a 60-percent
increase in reports of scams and scam attempts
into its call center. Scammers often pose
as ComEd employees to take customers' money
or enter their homes to rob them of their
possessions. These imposters can show up
at small businesses as well as homes. Scammers
will call using a number that appears to
be a ComEd phone number. They may threaten
to turn off a customer's service and ask
them to make a direct payment with a prepaid
cash card.
Help educate viewers, listeners or readers
in your coverage area on how they can identify
and guard against falling victim to imposter
utility scams. Tips and other scam information
is available at ComEd.com/ScamAlert or UtilitiesUnited.org
Who:
A ComEd executive is available to talk about
how imposters attempt to steal money and
energy from individuals and businesses in
your coverage area.
What:
Learn about the ploys scammers use to steal
an individual's money and identity.
Learn how to distinguish between a ComEd
employee from an imposter,
When:
Schedule your interview anytime between
March 2-6 in recognition of National Consumer
Protection Week.
Where:
Interviews can be conducted in studio, at
a ComEd office or by phone.
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ComEd
is a unit of Chicago-based Exelon Corporation
(NASDAQ: EXC), a Fortune 100 energy company
with approximately 10 million electricity
and natural gas customers - the largest
number of customers in the U.S. ComEd powers
the lives of more than 4 million customers
across northern Illinois, or 70 percent
of the state's population. For more information
visit ComEd.com and connect with the company
on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube.
Utilities
United Against Scams (UUAS) is a consortium
of 146 U.S. and Canadian electric, water,
and natural gas utilities (and their respective
trade associations). UUAS is dedicated to
combating impostor utility scams by providing
a forum for utilities and trade associations
to share data and best practices, in addition
to working together to implement initiatives
to inform and protect customers.
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