(Atlantic, Iowa) – Atlantic Municipal Utilities General Manager Steve Tjepkes, today (Friday), said a common telephone scam is going on in the Atlantic area again: Scammers are calling local individuals and requesting immediate payment for a past due electric bill. If payment is not made immediately, they claim your electric service will be disconnected.

Tjepkes reminds you, “AMU only calls customers during regular office hours 7:00 am to 4:00 pm, Monday through Friday and allows customers at least 24 hours to pay their accounts during regular office hours. If customers have any questions at all about a suspicious call about your utility service, immediately hang up and call AMU directly.”