//Upstate man nearly scammed by caller pretending to be from Duke Energy, warns of red flags

Upstate man nearly scammed by caller pretending to be from Duke Energy, warns of red flags

An Upstate man said he almost fell for a scam from people pretending to be from Duke Energy. He’s sharing his story with the hope it could other people. Sam Howard, of Greenville, got a phone call last week from a number he didn’t know. “There was a gentleman on the phone named Mark Benjamin,” he said. “Benjamin says, ‘We’re gonna cut your power off