Clark Public Utilities is warning its customers of scam calls from people claiming to work for the utility, asking for payment and threatening disconnection.
The scam calls are being reported by both residential and business customers, the utility said on its website.
“These calls can be very convincing and might even appear to be from our utility phone number on caller ID. But they are fake and illegal,” the utility said.
Often the scam callers will instruct customers to purchase a prepaid gift card — sometimes specifically a “green dot” card — and ask for a call back to pay using that card. The utility would not ask customers to make payments in such a way.
