Call date: 1/31/12 at 1:41 PM - Brooklyn, NY: A man with a strong Jamaican accent called. He said he was from Con Edison and that an application for "Lifeline" - a reduced rate service - was approved. Had all details of application. Scary.
Just got a call from them. Said "hello" a few times. No response. Did a reverse lookup and found this page. Called them back and am on hold. "Estimated hold is currently 15 seconds." Talking to the guy now. Told him I wanted to give them ALL OF MY MONEY. To his credit, he said they don't take money, but his mom has a website selling e-cigarettes if I wanted that info. When I said I'd rather just give it to him in a giant pile of cash he laughed and said he'd take me off their call list. So, yeah, scam or not, I haven't a clue, but hopefully I won't have that number show up again for a bit.