Orland Park Business Owner Conned by ComEd Scammer

An Orland Park businessman was duped out of $1,250 by a man posing as a ComEd employee who threatened to shut off the power to his business.

The man, whose business is in the 9500 block of 147th Street, received a phone call Dec. 21 from a person warning that he was two months behind on his electric bill. The ComEd imposter told the man to go to a CVS and send a $500 Moneygram to an account on the website rushcard.com—or else the power to his business would be shut off, Daily Southtown reports.

The victim followed the instructions, but then received a followup call from the same person, who insisted there had been an error, and that the man actually owed $750. The victim sent the money before receiving a third call demanding more, and then realized it was a scam.