Manitoba Hydro warns customers about phone scam
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This article was published 20/03/2015 (4237 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
Manitoba Hydro is warning customers Friday about a phone scam that appears to come from the utility company threatening to turn power off unless the customer pays their debt.
They said the phone calls originate from a toll-free number and in some cases Manitoba Hydro’s phone number appears in the caller ID. The caller asks a few questions, states that the customer owes money and it must be paid immediately. Customers are then provided with some payment options either a local store such as Safeway or Sobeys, PayPal or wiring a cash payment.
In a statement, Manitoba Hydro said "the fraudulent callers are quite believable and they often give the customer a short time limit in which to make a payment before the power will be cut off."
