Scammers Targeting PSE&G Customers, Company Says
Hispanic customers are being targeted.
Montclair Township wants residents to know that Public Service Electric & Gas has altered its customers to a scam involving prepaid debt cards. The scam involves individuals misrepresenting themselves as PSE&G employees and threatening to turn off electric and gas service if payment is not made to them that day, according to the company. The scam is being reported across the country and seems to be targeting Hispanic neighborhoods. Here is how the scam works: Spanish-speaking individual pretending to be a PSE&G employee will call a customer saying they work for the company’s “disconnect collection department,” the company said in a press release. The person tells the customer that they have an overdue balance and their service will be…
