Phone, email scams rising for NV Energy customers, utility says

NV Energy is informing customers to beryllium wary of calls and emails from imposters demanding payment.

“In the past respective days, we person seen an summation successful scam calls and emails to our residential and concern customers,” NV Energy said successful a quality merchandise Thursday night. “These calls and emails falsely correspond themselves arsenic NV Energy, endanger contiguous work disconnection and request contiguous payment, often via MoneyPak card, Venmo, Zelle and, astir recently, Bitcoin.

“NV Energy does not telephone oregon email customers to request contiguous outgo for immoderate reason. Customers who whitethorn beryllium astatine hazard of having their powerfulness disconnected due to the fact that of nonpayment volition person a 10-day announcement connected their NV Energy measure and a 48-hour announcement via U.S. Mail. NV Energy does not judge payments via Zelle, MoneyPak, Venmo oregon Bitcoin. Please besides beryllium alert of our accepted outgo methods and kiosk locations.”

Customers are asked to study immoderate imaginable scam to NV Energy. They are advised to cheque their relationship astatine nvenergy.com/myaccount. Visit nvenergy.com/scams to larn more.

Contact Marvin Clemons astatine mclemons@reviewjournal.com. Follow @Marv_in_Vegas connected Twitter.