![]() ![]() In a door-to-door scam, someone impersonating a utility worker will visit customers’ homes looking to get money and personal or account information. In recent years, scammers have gotten deceptively creative with increased calls, texts, emails and in-person tactics, contacting electric and gas customers asking for immediate payment to avoid service disconnection. In fact, they are scam artists who pose as utility workers and who usually target customers through door-to-door visits and phone calls.” Nationally, there has been an uptick in people claiming to be utility company workers over the past several years. Steve Bernas, president and CEO of The Better Business Bureau of Chicago and Northern Illinois states, “The number of reported scams generally rises with the holidays. To increase awareness of scams and scam attempts, the Better Business Bureau, along with representatives from ComEd, Nicor Gas, North Shore Gas and Peoples Gas, joined forces today to provide tips to help Chicago-area customers identify scams this holiday season. During the holidays, individuals falsely claiming to work for utilities have historically tried to take advantage of people’s busy, end-of-year schedules to scam families and businesses out of money and personal information. ![]()
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