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  • 2012-05-30 (xsd:date)
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  • Utility Bill Payment Scam (en)
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  • One apparently increasing form of identity theft scam uses the setup that some entity (typically a state or federal agency) is providing grants to pay people's utility bills for one month. According to the following examples of this scam, all customers need do is call a particular phone number, provide some information, and their current monthly gas or electric bills will be credited in full with no payment necessary Although various government programs do exist to assist low-income households in paying essential utility bills, there is no government program that provides blanket grants to cover everyone's utility bills in full for a whole month. This scheme is nothing but an identity theft scam that uses the lure of promising something for nothing in order to entice victims into divulging their Social Security numbers and other sensitive personal information. In May 2012, Public Service Electric and Gas Company (PSE&G), a New Jersey gas and electric delivery utility, issued a warning to customers about this scam: As MSNBC also noted of this scheme: (en)
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