COLORADO SPRINGS — Frigid temperatures, recent snowfall, and the increasing costs of utilities bills are creating the perfect climate for aggressive scam callers who are threatening to turn off people’s power if they don’t pay up. Southern Colorado utility companies are sending out warnings as a News5 viewer shares her experience with one of these calls.
Was your last utility bill shockingly high? That’s what we’re hearing from many people across southern Colorado and we know right now thousands of people are already behind on those utility bills.
So, when winter weather hits and someone calls saying your power is going to be shut off fraudsters know many people are more likely to listen.
“A gentleman on the phone gave his name and said he was from Black Hills Energy and said that there was a person on their way to turn off our electric,” said the Pueblo resident.
Realizing you’ve been mislead by a scammer is often an embarrassing experience. This News5 viewer from Pueblo didn’t want to be named publicly, but she wanted to share her story about an early morning utility scam phone call that caught her off guard.
“The urgency and the way he talked to me, I get that they are very good at it. It just didn’t make me think the whole thing through because I kind of panicked,” the Pueblo resident told News5.
The fraudster offered an option to help her keep the power on.
“So he wanted us to go to Walgreens and get their money card from Walgreens. So, when I went to Walgreens I told…
