FW: IGS posing as PG&E employee SCAM!

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 > From: "Nextdoor Japantown" <http://www.r.email.nextdoor.com/~reply>
 > Date: Tue, 04 Feb 2014 08:26:42 +0000
 >
 > Emily Wombat from Vendome/Civic Center said:
 > 
 > Around 3:45pm this afternoon, a young man knocked on our back door (which I 
 > thought was REALLY weird) on the corner of George & N San Pedro and claimed he 
 > was with PG&E. He showed me his badge through the window, which said "IGS" in 
 > orange writing and didn't have the PG&E logo on it anywhere. I didn't open the 
 > door and told him the person who paid our electric bill wasn't home. When he 
 > left, I heard him knock on my neighbors' back doors, too. A few minutes later, 
 > he rang the doorbell on my front door and tried the same shpeel on me again.
 > 
 > I seemed to recall a post on Nextdoor detailing a similar experience, so I took 
 > to Google and found the following:
 > 
 > PG&E news release: 
 > http://www.pge.com/about/newsroom/newsreleases/20120517/pge_warns_customers_of_nationwide_utility_scam_.shtml
 > 
 > IGS tried the same thing in Los Gatos: 
 > http://losgatos.patch.com/groups/opinion/p/door-to-door-gas-bill-scam
 > 
 > >From PG&E's news release linked above: 
 > 	If a person claiming to be a PG&E employee has identification and you still 
 > 	feel uncomfortable, call PG&E's customer service line at 1-800-PGE-5000 to 
 > 	verify an appointment and/or PG&E's presence in the community. If you feel 
 > 	threatened in any way, you should notify local law enforcement immediately.
 > 
 > Be safe out there, everyone.
 > 
 > Shared with Vendome/Civic Center and 10 nearby neighborhoods in Crime & Safety