Imagine for a moment you sit down with your morning coffee and decide to check your email one morning.
Among the messages waiting for you is one from your U.S. senator informing you that your heat is about to be disconnected.
That’s exactly what Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) is currently doing, according to HuffPost.
“Your heat will be turned off. Emergency Notice,” reads an unsettling email notification a South Carolina resident received on their phone on Wednesday.
After clicking on the alert, it leads to an email with the same subject line, “Your heat will be turned off.”
It’s only after opening the email itself that it becomes clear that this isn’t an emergency overdue heating bill. It’s Scott’s campaign asking for money.
Here are some screenshots from the email sent by Sen. Scott:
The email continues, “Biden has crippled our patriotic oil & gas industry and every American is paying the price. Many have been FORCED to turn off the heat in their homes because the prices are simply too high, leaving families without warmth during the winter.”
There’s also a link to a survey asking if it’s time to increase domestic drilling for oil and gas. But no matter how many links you click on, they all wind up taking you back to a page where you’re asked for a contribution to Scott.
Ironically, the South Carolina Department of Consumer Affairs has recently warned residents of the Palmetto State to be on the lookout for internet utility scams:
“Utility imposters will tell you that your bill is late and your power will be cut off immediately, if you don’t pay right now. But officials with the South Carolina Department of Consumer Affairs says don’t fall for it.”
Don’t fall for Tim Scott’s bullshit, either. Delete the email and write one of your own telling him you think he should hide his head in shame for being such a greedy douchebag.
