I just received a call from a man saying he was from JCP&L and he had an order to cut off electric service at my address. I informed him that I pay my bills to PSE&G. He appologized and said it was a mix-up.
I received a call last week from this number saying that they represent PSEG and were going to disconnect my service. The person left this number and when I called I got a voicemail that said this was the Online General Speciality Pharmacy. I received another call today and when I told the caller that I had called PSEG and verified that my account was in good standing and had not been identified for disconnection, the person insisted that my account was in arrears. When I threathened to call PSEG the person hung up. Subsequent calls to the number that showed up on my caller ID resulted in me getting the voicemail for this General Speciality Pharmacy. PSEG verified again today that my account is good standing and they indicated that this was a scam. How can this people be stopped????
An individual claiming to be David Wallace from PSEG called one of my phones (in NJ) asking for my wife (the phone number is under her name). The stupid criminal did not know that our PSEG account was under my name (not my wife's).
He said that my wife had order some change in my service that resulted in a charge of more than $150. That he was calling because the service would be disconnected at 5 PM (he called at 4:30 PM), if we did not pay right away.
At first, I thought it was an attempt to make me switch to another supplier, so I kept listening.
When I asked where I could go to pay, he gave an address that does not exist (I googled it). So I realized it was the US version of Nigeria scam. However I was doubtful and asked for his phone number. He gave me a 908 number, however the number in the caller id was 339 227 8112.
I questioned that PSEG would not cut any service even we owed a couple of months, then he said he only was doing his job by informing us that someone from PSEG would stop by my house to give us a letter of service termination.
I asked my wife to talk to the guy and repeat the concern and he became nervous. We hung up, called PSEG and they confirmed there was no charge pending for any service change request and told us that they have received complaints of similar calls trying to scam people into paying by sending a money order (just like the Nigerian scams).
This number seems to be from Massachusetts, but may well be in NJ if it is s cell for which the criminal requested a MA area code.
PSEG recommended to report this to the police, because they will continue to try to scam unsuspecting people.
I just received a call from a man saying he was from JCP&L and he had an order to cut off electric service at my address. I informed him that I pay my bills to PSE&G. He appologized and said it was a mix-up.
Whoa...looks like I am moving to the top of whatever list that keeps getting resold. Is there no end? Probably not. I'm the one who NEVER answers unsolicited calls. I just come here to find out who is calling THIS time. Probably pharmacy-related. If you never answer unfamiliar long distance calls, they will stop after a dozen or less tries, and you won't miss any important calls. Legit businesses you deal with are not afraid to use caller ID. Please try not to answer unfamiliar, long distance calls...not even with a machine.