Scam mimics Jasper Municipal Utilities number

A scammer is calling Jasper utility customers pretending to be from Jasper Municipal Utilities and asking for their credit card information.

The scam is very convincing as the caller ID of the scammer shows the Jasper Municipal Utilities telephone number.

Jasper Municipal Utilities sent out notice “they would never and will never” ask for a customer’s credit card information over the telephone. At this time, they do not even accept credit card payments at all, so there would be no reason to need someone’s information.

Here is the notice from the City of Jasper:

“We just received a call from one of our customers who said they received a phone call, and it showed up on their caller ID as Jasper Municipal Utilities, with our 812-482-9131 phone number displayed, and the caller was asking for their credit card information! This was NOT A CALL made by our office. Our customer hung up on the caller as soon as they asked for their credit card info, so I am not sure what else they may have said or would have asked for. I do not know how they were able to get our phone number displayed as the number making the call…

Jasper Municipal Utilities WOULD NEVER AND WILL NEVER ask for a customer’s credit card information over the telephone. At this time, we do not even accept credit card payments at all, so there would be no reason to need someone’s information.”

This is a reminder to all to never give any personal information out over the phone for an unsolicited phone call.