Scammer's call dupes Gulfport businessman

Taso Papargiriou, who owns TLC Food Mart in Gulfport, got a call at the store recently that put him in a dither. The caller said he was from the electric company and that Taso's power would be shut off in 30 minutes unless he wired cash immediately. Taso sent a payment, concerned that being without power at his convenience store could cost him a lot of money. Then he called Duke Energy to tell them the payment had been sent. That's when he discovered that no one from the power company had telephoned him, and that the call was from a scammer. Authorities are investigating but Taso wants everyone to know in hopes it'll prevent someone else from getting scammed, too. You can read more about Taso's story in The Gabber.