{"id":309,"date":"2022-05-07T21:02:02","date_gmt":"2022-05-07T21:02:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/neighborhoodmedia.org\/metrourbannews\/?p=309"},"modified":"2022-05-07T21:02:02","modified_gmt":"2022-05-07T21:02:02","slug":"scammers-are-back-beware","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/neighborhoodmedia.org\/metrourbannews\/2022\/05\/07\/scammers-are-back-beware\/","title":{"rendered":"Scammers are back. Beware!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"330\" loading=\"lazy\" data-id=\"310\" src=\"https:\/\/neighborhoodmedia.org\/metrourbannews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Scam.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-310\" srcset=\"https:\/\/neighborhoodmedia.org\/metrourbannews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Scam.jpg 480w, https:\/\/neighborhoodmedia.org\/metrourbannews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Scam-300x206.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/figure>\n<figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption\">Beware and be very careful of thieves and telephone scammers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;Utility Scammers strike again, seeking to scare consumers into handing over their hard-earned money.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A customer recently reported receiving a call seeking immediate payment over the telephone, or their electric service would be interrupted. Thankfully the customer hung up the phone and contacted our offices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you receive a similar call, please report this activity to Public Utilities Security at (216) 443-2426. You should also call our offices and report the attempted scam. Here are a few things we will not do:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 &nbsp; &nbsp;Cleveland Public Power will not call your home asking for you to pay your bill<br>\u2022 &nbsp; &nbsp;Our staff will not visit your home seeking payment<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are the ways Cleveland Public Power takes payments:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;You can make a payment, review your account, and view your electric consumption 24\/7 by visiting cpp.org.&nbsp;<br>\u2022&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Submit any questions via the inquiry form at https:\/\/www.cpp.org\/Contact<br>\u2022&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;You can also make a payment any time by mail, by calling 216-446-6824, or by placing it in the drop box at 1201 Lakeside. Our Customer Service Call Center (216-664-4600) is available Monday through Friday, from 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;Utility Scammers strike again, seeking to scare consumers into handing over their hard-earned money. A customer recently reported receiving a call seeking immediate payment over the telephone, or their electric service would be interrupted. Thankfully the customer hung up the phone and contacted our offices. If you receive a similar call, please report this activity &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/neighborhoodmedia.org\/metrourbannews\/2022\/05\/07\/scammers-are-back-beware\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Scammers are back. Beware!&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-309","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/neighborhoodmedia.org\/metrourbannews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/neighborhoodmedia.org\/metrourbannews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/neighborhoodmedia.org\/metrourbannews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neighborhoodmedia.org\/metrourbannews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neighborhoodmedia.org\/metrourbannews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=309"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/neighborhoodmedia.org\/metrourbannews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":311,"href":"https:\/\/neighborhoodmedia.org\/metrourbannews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309\/revisions\/311"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/neighborhoodmedia.org\/metrourbannews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=309"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neighborhoodmedia.org\/metrourbannews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=309"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neighborhoodmedia.org\/metrourbannews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=309"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}