An alert was issued by the department on Wednesday after investigators were contacted by several concerned citizens reporting the recent uptick in utility scams, particularly from a fraudster posing as an Eversource employee.
Police said that any homeowner that receives a call from 1-800-387-1880 from a person purporting to be from Eversource, it is a scam. Scammers often employ VOIP and spoof numbers and that calls can appear to be coming from many other numbers.
Click here to follow Daily Voice Trumbull-Monroe and receive free news updates.