Columbia County Public Utility Districts (PUDs) are warning customers of a renewed and threatening telephone scam.
The callers say a customer’s electricity will be shutoff if immediate payment isn’t made.
“Over the past week we have had several customers alert us that someone is calling them, saying they had 15 minutes to pay the money demanded or their power would be shutoff,” Clatskanie PUD’s Sarah Johnson said. “It is very threatening.”
Columbia River PUD’s Kyle Boggs said his agency is also taking calls…
