I got a call from this number at work this morning and it showed up on caller ID as "NYC Housing." But then I got a similar pitch from someone with a very thick accent I had trouble understanding, but I think she said she worked for ConEdison and was talking about a program called "Power Your Way" that could help me save on my electric bills. She said she needed to know the amount of my last power bill tot ell me what my savings would be. I figured telling her that wouldn't hurt anything, but of course I'm not going to give out any bank account info, my Social Security number, or anything like that. I don't keep my bills at work so I asked them to call me back this evening on my cell. But after Googling the number, this seems kind of shady. Although there is info on ConEd's website about the Power Your Way program, so at least it seems legit.
I'm the person who last posted. I spoke with a ConEd customer service rep just now. She said that it was probably a call from a legitimate electricity provider, but they're not supposed to say they're with ConEd. She said I could try to check the number on ConEd's site PowerYourWay.com, but that site is down, which I let her know.
In the meantime, I've gotten about a dozen calls since yesterday on my office phone, my work cell phone, and my personal cell phone.
Between saying they're with ConEd when they're not, the shady phone number, and the annoying number of calls, I plan to answer next time and tell them to stop calling me.