Customers have notified PSE they are receiving fraudulent email bill statements indicating they were sent by San Francisco-based Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) or Dallas-based Atmos Energy—both legitimate utilities.
The emails instruct recipients to click on bogus links that will install a virus or take the user to a spam site. If you receive an email from PG&E or Atmos Energy, do not click on the link in the email or open any attachments.
Here’s what one Anacortes resident received recently.
ENERGY STATEMENT
Account No: 821492504-6
Statement Date: 01/10/2014
Due Date: 02/01/2014
Your Account Summary
Amount Due on Previous Statement
Payment(s) Recieved Since Last Statement
Previous Unpaid Balance
Current Electric Charges
Current Gas Charges
$344.70
0.0
$344.70
$165.80
49.20