A multistate identity theft scam that claims President Barack Obama will pay your utility bills appears to have widened. ...
The scheme was first reported in May, when Dallas-based Atmos Energy warned its 3 million customers in 12 states that scammers had been asking for Social Security numbers to enroll in the faux federal program. According to the pitch—distributed via email, Facebook, text message, phone and, in some cases, door-to-door sales—the government would pay a month of energy costs through credits offered by the Obama administration.
In the end, that scam will cost the country less than the scam that lies behind it.
That's why the scam worked, eh?
