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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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Dec. 14, 2016 CUSTOMER SERVICE:
800-436-7734
PSE&G Warns
Customers to be Alert to Scams
(Newark,
N.J. – Dec. 14, 2015) Public Service Electric and Gas Company (PSE&G), New
Jersey’s largest utility, is urging its customers to be alert to scams this
season. Customers should be cautious of callers who demand immediate payment
via a pre-paid card, and wary of phony utility workers showing up at their door
to “check a problem.”
“The
only way to protect against these scams is for customers to be cautious when
contacted by someone seeking access to their home or demanding immediate
payment,” Greg Dunlap, vice president of Customer Operations for PSE&G. “Even
one customer being robbed or cheated is one too many.”
Phone
scammers use scare tactics -- threatening service termination if they do not
receive immediate payment with a pre-paid credit card. PSE&G offers a
number of payment options, and would never require a customer to use one
specific type of payment.
Door-to-door
scammers use trickery -- showing up at someone’s house dressed like a utility
worker and say they need to “check a problem.” Often, after they gain access
they burglarize the home. Always ask for I.D.
When
in doubt or if suspicious in any way, PSE&G urges customers to call the
number listed on their bill: 1-800-436-PSEG (7734). Report all scam attempts by calling your
utility and local police department, and file a complaint with the FTC at www.ftc.gov/complaint.
For
more information about scams go to www.pseg.com/scamalert.
PSE&G
Public Service Electric and Gas Company (PSE&G) is New Jersey’s oldest and largest regulated gas and electric delivery utility, serving nearly three-quarters of the state’s population. PSE&G is the winner of the ReliabilityOne Award for superior electric system reliability. PSE&G is a subsidiary of Public Service Enterprise Group Incorporated (PSEG) (NYSE:PEG), a diversified energy company.
Public Service Electric and Gas Company (PSE&G) is New Jersey’s oldest and largest regulated gas and electric delivery utility, serving nearly three-quarters of the state’s population. PSE&G is the winner of the ReliabilityOne Award for superior electric system reliability. PSE&G is a subsidiary of Public Service Enterprise Group Incorporated (PSEG) (NYSE:PEG), a diversified energy company.
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