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Utility Scam Calls Spoofing PUC Phone Number
Category: Pennsylvania
The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) issued a consumer alert warning about a scam involving telephone calls that falsely claim to be from the PUC, using the phone number of the Commission’s Philadelphia office as the caller ID.
The PUC has received more than 70 calls today alone from concerned consumers who say they received suspicious phone calls appearing to come from the Commission. These scam callers are fraudulently using the PUC’s phone number in their caller ID – a practice known as “spoofing” – to mislead consumers and pressure them into making payments.
