PSE&G Warns Customers About Phone Scam
September 19, 2013
(Newark, NJ – Sept. 19, 2013) PSE&G is once again urging its customers to be vigilant to a telephone scam where callers threaten to shut off electric or gas service if payment is not made that day.
Residential and small business customers have reported receiving these deceptive phone calls from individuals pretending to be PSE&G employees. The callers demand that customers make a payment within hours using a Green Dot Money Pak, a type of pre-paid card available at pharmacies and convenience stores. PSE&G does not accept these cards. The utility offers a variety of payment options, and would never require a customer to use one specific type of payment.
Any customer who has doubts about the legitimacy of a call from PSE&G — especially one in which payment is requested — should call the utility directly at 1-800-436-PSEG (7734).
folks careful………
On September 13, 2013 Ridgewood Police report a Ridgewood Resident reported that she had received a call that her grandson was in jail and needed money to be bailed out. The victim made two transfers to the Dominican Republic. The victim later found that her grandson was not in jail. The matter is under investigation by the Ridgewood Detective Bureau.