Puget Sound Energy issued an advisory warning Wednesday about a fraudulent email sent to customers that mimics a bill-payment notification.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
The bogus email does not affect PSE customer accounts, which are secure, according to a PSE media release.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
The email looks like the notice PSE sends to online-billing customers when their utility bill is ready to be viewed and paid. The message contains PSE\u2019s logo and some legitimate links to the utility\u2019s site.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
The phony email, which has reached some PSE customers as well as people in other states who never have been a customer of the Washington state utility, is part of a nationwide phishing scam that sends emails claiming to be from several well-recognized companies like PSE.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
In its email billing notifications, PSE always addresses its customers by their full name rather than using \u201cDear Customer,\u201d which is a clue of the fraudulent email. A second indication of the false email is the boldfaced message, \u201cRefer to the attached file.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n