SHIPPENSBURG — The Shippensburg Police Department has received a report of several repeated phone scams in Shippensburg.
Various businesses have reported receiving phone calls from individuals portraying themselves as representatives of Penelec, an electricity provider. Police report they are being advised that their electric bills are past due and that service will be turned off within hours if they do not make a payment.
The phone calls inform the individual to purchase cash or similar cards and to call them back with the numbers, according to police.
Residents are advised that nearly all legitimate utility providers will not ask for payment over the phone and in the event service is disconnected, a utility employee would almost always make a physical appearance at the location.