Icy weather and freezing temperatures have people concerned about keeping power on and heat operating.
Now, scammers are taking advantage of those concerns with phony messages about supposed rolling backouts. The Tennessee Valley Authority said people are receiving texts and emails claiming to be from TVA or the local power company about scheduled or rolling power outages. The messages are not legitimate and anyone who receives one should not click on any links.
TVA has not announced any rolling blackouts or planned outages, and, in an update said the “power system remains stable and generating sites are performing well.”…