JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – Officials with the Mississippi Public Service Commission (PSC) have been made aware of a scam targeting utility customers in the state.

According to officials, a caller is impersonating a PSC employee, claiming to collect bank account numbers to deposit overcharges from their utility company into their account.

On Thursday, July 25, the Mississippi PSC received a phone call from a citizen who requested to speak with a non-existent PSC employee. The citizen reported that this person had called her and represented himself to be a member of MPSC staff, including providing a phony badge number. The scammer alleged that a utility company had made a billing mistake, and the customer was due a refund.

Officials said the scammer obtained the customer’s bank account information. The commission advised the citizen to report this fraud to her bank and to contact the Mississippi Attorney General’s Office to file a report.

You should not provide your bank account information. Officials said the PSC will never ask for your bank account number. If you receive a suspicious call, hang up and contact your utility company directly to verify any account information.