Seattle City Light is warning its customers to guard against con artists pretending to be utility bill collectors. City Light has received more than a dozen reports of attempted fraud this week alone. Customers reported receiving phone calls from someone who claims to represent the utility. The caller fraudulently claims… [ Keep reading ]
Seattle City Light is warning its customers to protect themselves against con artists who are using false threats of disconnecting electrical service in attempts to steal money.
Quick action by the Seattle Police Department, working in cooperation with Seattle City Light and the Portland, Ore., Police Department, led to the arrest of four suspects involved in the theft of scrap copper from the utility’s South Service Center and the reported recovery of the stolen items.
Our friends at the Seattle Human Services Department’s Mayor’s Office for Senior Citizens are offering a free event where you can learn about “Scams that Target Seniors (and how to prevent them).”
Several customers have contacted Seattle City Light and Seattle Public Utilities with concerns about thieves posing as utility employees.
Seattle City Light is warning its customers to be on the lookout for con artists who say they are tree trimmers for the utility.
Seattle City Light reminds all its customers to guard against telephone con artists posing as utility bill collectors.
Seattle City Light reminds its customers to guard against telephone con artists posing as utility bill collectors who appear to be targeting customers with Asian surnames.
Seattle City Light urges its customers to guard against telephone con artists posing as utility bill collectors who appear to be targeting customers with Asian surnames.
