Scammers posing as ESL continue to target potential customers

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Do you remember ESL’s warning from earlier this year about scammers trying to steal customers’ personal information? News10NBC’s Emily Putnam got a text on Wednesday night from someone claiming to be from ESL that raised some red flags.

The message, from a 585 number, claimed that her account had been restricted due to “usual fraudulent activity.” But get this, Emily doesn’t even have an ESL account…

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