There are simply too many scams to keep track of these days. It seems like there is always another one popping up, especially in Minnesota and Wisconsin.

I just learned of another while mindlessly scrolling on Facebook last night. This one would be easy to fall for, because it involves a refund. Who doesn't want that?

106.9 KROC-FM logo
Get our free mobile app
Credit cards and American money
Comstock
loading...

The scam was reported by Federated Rural Electric, which serves Jackson and Martin counties in Minnesota. They shared details of the scam on Facebook Tuesday (January 14th).

RELATED: Minnesota Businesses Warned Of New Year Scam

According to their post, a handful of their members have received a call. The caller ID says that it is from Rolling Town, Minnesota.

From there, the scammer tells the customer they were overcharged by $150 bucks and asks which credit card they want the money to be refunded on.

Artur
Artur
loading...

The business says they will automatically apply any overcharges to the customer's next electric bill. It's only a matter of time before other scammers catch on and do something similar in our area!

RELATED: State Of Wisconsin Issues Big Warning To Residents

As always, never give out your credit card information over the phone. That is obviously what this scammer was trying to get and from there, would likely steal your banking information to use your money and identity.

My motto whenever I get a scam call is to just hang up. If there really is something urgent, I tell myself they will keep calling or try to get ahold of me another way. It works!

LOOK: The biggest scams today and how you can protect yourself from them

Using data from the BBB Scam Tracker Annual Risk Report, Stacker identified the most common and costly types of scams in 2022.

KEEP READING: These are the top 6 scams connected to the pandemic

More From 106.9 KROC-FM