On Utility Scam Awareness Day, PSEG Long Island Urges Customers to 'Slow Down. Verify. Stop the Scam.'

If someone calls and threatens to immediately shut off the power, it's likely fraudulent

UNIONDALE, N.Y., Nov. 17, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Scammers are leveraging the stresses of the holiday season against households and businesses on Long Island and in the Rockaways, impersonating PSEG Long Island and area utilities and demanding immediate payment to prevent a shutoff. On Utility Scam Awareness Day, Nov. 19, PSEG Long Island urges customers to get wise to scammers' tactics and do the right thing if confronted with a demand for payment and a threat of imminent shutoff: "Slow Down. Verify. Stop the Scam."

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