Nov 10, 2012
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.