Atlantic City Electric warns customers there has been an increase in scam attempts with scammers using the COVID-19 pandemic health crisis to take advantage of energy customers throughout the U.S. The company has received reports that scammers are threatening to shut off service, and also are offering cash or credit incentives to obtain a customer’s personal or financial information.

In some cases, scammers are duplicating the recorded message that customers hear when calling a legitimate company, so…