{"id":81673,"date":"2018-05-16T18:30:18","date_gmt":"2018-05-17T01:30:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theavtimes.com\/?p=81673"},"modified":"2018-05-26T10:09:09","modified_gmt":"2018-05-26T17:09:09","slug":"pwd-warning-residents-about-utility-impostor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2018\/05\/16\/pwd-warning-residents-about-utility-impostor\/","title":{"rendered":"PWD warning residents about utility impostor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-70094\" src=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/scam-alert.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"288\" height=\"234\" \/>PALMDALE &#8211; Palmdale Water District (PWD) officials are cautioning the\u00a0community about a man impersonating a water agency employee and collecting bill payments from residents. PWD is warning against falling for this scam and reminding\u00a0customers that District employees do not collect payments at people\u2019s homes.<\/p>\n<p>A woman living near Pearblossom Highway and 37th\u00a0Street East paid a man about $200 recently after he gave her a fake\u00a0water bill. The victim said the man drove a truck with a red and white\u00a0logo and claimed he worked for PWD or the Department of Water &amp; Power (DWP).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe want to remind everyone that we never send employees to\u00a0collect on bills at people\u2019s homes,\u201d stated PWD General Manager Dennis D. LaMoreaux. \u201cIf you are approached for payment, it should be a red flag that\u00a0it\u2019s fraud.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>All bills sent by PWD are done through the mail. Payments should be made online, by mail, by phone, at the District office or at 7-Eleven, Family Dollar or ACE Cash\u00a0Express locations.<\/p>\n<p>Customers with questions about their bills should call PWD at 661-947-4111.<\/p>\n<p>For\u00a0more information about PWD, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.palmdalewater.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.palmdalewater.org.<\/a><\/p>\n<h6><em>[Information via news release from Palmdale Water District.]<\/em><\/h6>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PALMDALE &#8211; Palmdale Water District (PWD) officials are cautioning the\u00a0community about a man impersonating a water agency employee and collecting bill payments from residents. PWD is warning against falling for this scam and reminding\u00a0customers that District employees do not collect payments at people\u2019s homes. A woman living near Pearblossom Highway and 37th\u00a0Street East paid a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":70094,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[719,11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81673"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81673"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81673\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/70094"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81673"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81673"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81673"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}