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New QR code scam targeting PG&E customers costs Bay Area victims more than $211,000
PG&E is warning Bay Area customers about a new scam involving QR codes and barcodes, with customers across the utility’s service area losing more than $211,000 to impostors in the first half of the year alone. The scam begins with a phone call threatening to disconnect a customer’s service unless an immediate payment is made. […] The post New QR code scam targeting PG&E customers costs Bay Area victims more than $211,000 appeared first on Local News Matters .
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According to Local News Matters’s source item, New QR code scam targeting PG&E customers costs Bay Area victims more than $211,000, PG&E is warning Bay Area customers about a new scam involving QR codes and barcodes, with customers across the utility’s service area losing more than $211,000 to impostors in the first half of the year alone. The scam begins with a phone call threatening to disconnect a customer’s service unless an immediate payment is made. […] The post New QR code scam targeting PG&E customers costs Bay Area victims more than $211,000 appeared first on Local News Matters .
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