Ameren : alerting customers for potential summer utility scams

Published: 2024-06-27 10:27:19 ET AEE

Tips to identify and avoid common utility scams that increase during busy summer season

ST. LOUIS (June 27, 2024) - The busy summer season is upon us, and scammers are using sophisticated new strategies to target utility customers with the goal of stealing money or obtaining personal and financial information.

"Scammers tend to increase their activity when summer temperatures are at their hottest and when you're most reliant on your air conditioner," said Carlos Ross, security manager for Ameren. "They also aim to reach customers when they are busy enjoying summer activities, such as vacations, traveling or attending social events, to create fear if an immediate payment is not made to them."

Here are some tactics used by scammers, especially in the summer months:

How to protect yourself:

For more information, visit Ameren.com/stop-scams. To receive the latest scam alerts, follow Ameren on social media, and sign up to manage your account online at Ameren.com where you can immediately check your account status.

About Ameren Corporation St. Louis-based Ameren Corporation powers the quality of life for 2.4 million electric customers and more than 900,000 natural gas customers in a 64,000-square-mile area through its Ameren Missouri and Ameren Illinois rate-regulated utility subsidiaries. Ameren Illinois provides electric transmission and distribution service and natural gas distribution service. Ameren Missouri provides electric generation, transmission and distribution services, as well as natural gas distribution service. Ameren Transmission Company of Illinois develops, owns and operates rate-regulated regional electric transmission projects in the Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. For more information, visit Ameren.com, or follow us at @AmerenCorp, Facebook.com/AmerenCorp, or LinkedIn.com/company/Ameren.

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Ameren Corporation published this content on 27 June 2024 and is solely responsible for the information contained therein. Distributed by Public, unedited and unaltered, on 27 June 2024 14:26:11 UTC.