860-256-6857 calling claiming to be your electric company and saying the electric rates are going down. Then they try to get you to give them your electric company account number from your electric bill so they can give you the new lower amount. The caller ID just says "out of area" (we're in a different area code), but they do claim to be the electric company you are using and want your account number from your electric bill.
They asked to speak to the person in charge of our electric bill.
When I said, "May I ask who is calling?" they hung up.
I called back, waited 7 minutes to get an operator, then asked to be removed from their call list.
Same thing here with me. I heard of this scam where they end up asking for your account # and ss number. I led her along (love to do this with telemarketers and scammers) and then told her I knew it was a scam and hung up. They called right back but I didn't answer. As soon as I heard her ask to speak with the person who pays the electric bill in my house I knew what was going on. My electric company would never make a phone call like this to its customers.