The scam targets rezoning applicants and asks for payments.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — An email scam claiming to be the City of Charlotte’s Planning, Design & Development Department is asking rezoning applicants to pay an invoice, the city warns.
The scam asks people waiting on a rezoning request to wire money to an account to pay an “invoice.”
If an applicant receives an email with similar instructions, the city says to disregard and report the message.
All payments regarding land development are processed through a software called Accela. Payment notifications will come from an Accela email such as NoReply@Accela.com or Auto.Sender@Accela.com.
Payments are only processed electronically through credit card or eCheck, or through a physical check that should be mailed to the Development Center.
Charlotte staff and officials will never ask for a wire payment.
Victims who received the email and wired a payment should file a report to 911 and 311.
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