Claiming to be duquesne light.  Call duquesne light and complain every time and complain until they get them to stop.

Someone asking about Duquesne Light.

Someone about Duquesne Light.

I get a call a day from this outfit that wants me to switch from Duquesne Light. The kicker is that I am not a Duquesne Light customer. If I follow the prompts I get an associate on the phone and when I ask to be put on their Do Not Call List he hangs up. My problem is that if I call the number I get a message that the number is not in service or disconnected. These numbers also solicit the same scam: 412-336-5231, 412-213-9095, 412-355-6262, 412-775-3939, 412-744-2424, 412-213-9099, 412-665-7841.

Keep getting calls about Duquesne light and when I begin to question them they hang up.

No one has to "be nice" to a telemarketer scam artist harassing them on the phone as much as 3 or 4 times a day every day of the week, mostly hangup calls and automated robocalls.  These newest utility scammers are not "allowed to call" to get people's personal information or illegally switch their electric without their knowledge.  You must work for them.  These scumbags have been harassing me daily for 2 weeks, and I don't even pay for  my own electric since it's included in my rent!!! I'm not even a customer of Duquesne Light here in Pittsburgh and suddenly they've started harassing me.  I'm not obligated to be nice or have manners with these bottom feeders and neither is anyone else they're bothering.

This same telemarketer is now using a new disconnected number as the "call from" number; it seems to change weekly.  This week it is 412-213-9095.

Keeps calling my cell phone daily at 1:37 pm.  IF I answer, no response at all.

1ST they blew up my home number about switching utilitiy co I told them I was not interested. Now they are call my cell phone from a totally differant number. They called before from a 814 area code now it's 412. When you call it back that number is not in service .hum how can that be.

Note sure how they are allowed to call - This address is not in Duquesne Light's service area, so we have NEVER been a customer of Duquesne Light.
But we will see - I filed a complaint on the PA Attorney General Website.

Called twice in one week, robocall hangups.  I traced the number with*69, called back and it said not in service.  Obviously scam artists playing games with fake numbers.  They're wasting their time calling my house phone since I only use it for Internet and don't answer it.  Losers!

They've called a number of times and never answer when I pick up.  Wassup with that?

I am on the Do not call list & still get phone calls from telemarketers! How do you make it stop!

I received a called from this number but they did not leave a message.

i got called twice from this number but when call back states number not in service..????

When I picked up there was a recording.  So I politely waited and then informed the caller (electric supplier company rep) that I am on the Do Not Call list and asked them not to call again.  The thing is, I use that land line for emergencies only so no one who we actually know has the number.  Any time it rings, I know it's a telemarketer or scammer so I generally just ignore the phone but I'm getting tired of them calling during my son's nap and waking him up.

Any time you get a call and there is dead air that means a computer is logging the exact time a human answered. The same thing will happen a 2nd time. That way the caller knows that at say 2:00 PM on a weekday a human answers. Then and only then will they have one of their scammers available to talk when you pick up a 3rd time. In other words, these a-holes don't want to bother paying someone to sit and make phone calls, so they simply have their robo-dialer call and log the time that a human answers.
 As for "Pennsylvania" on the caller ID, I believe these are all from the Electric Choice program, so if you are happy with your choice of electric supplier, ignore it.
 And CALL CONGRESS! Every time you get a robodialer or scammer, call your state and federal congressman and pester them, they are the ones that make the laws that allow these scammers AND POLITIICIANS to invade your privacy.

This number keeps coming up on our caller id, they never leave a message.  Stop calling us.

For a second, I thought you own a Tardis!

Trying to get you to switch your electric service.  If you ask them how they got your number, they hang up really fast!  Try it and see!

If you ask them "How did you get my number?", they hang up on you.  Any legitimate business will answer that question.  It's the ones that hang up that make me think BUYER BEWARE.  

Every scammer I've ever met curses and hangs up and behaves badly when you pin them down.

You don't have to tell them anything but, "Don't call here again" and then hang up.

Got a call and did not answer it because I was talking on another line &I did not recognize the tele #.  Attempted to call back & reached recording "number you called not in service".

I got the same message about Duquesne Light... blah, blah...
So I wanted to talk with someone to get my name and number off the list.
When I asked the girl how she got my number, the bi*** hung up!
So I called back. There was a recording that the number had been disconnected.
Loser!!!!!!!

I'm with you 100%

My sincerest apologies; I meant said offenders called 8 JUNE, not July. Have mercy!

Likewise, I received a telephone call from this number at noon on 8 July, 2012. I answered and, like other upstanding citizens here, endured the pre-recorded slop about how I am eligible for a Duquesne Light discount and some other slipshod drivel. Not wanting to be buggered, I pressed "off" on my telephone device to "hang up" on the buffoon, but now I realize I should have spoken to an official and had my number henceforth removed from their pestering scrolls! Next time, indeed, I shall, by the gods of hellfire, I shall, I swear! [leather-gloved fist slamming on desk]

called on 6/5 AND 6/7.  caller ID only shows their number.  you can see from posts above who it is.  we appear to have come to some agreement: i don't answer, they don't leave message.  that's the relationship.

I'm from Pittsburgh, PA and they called me at 7:33. I missed the call, but called back 3 times ten minutes later and it says the phone line is no longer in service.

Those people calling to "Change your Electric Supplier" are in fact allowed to call you - even if you are on the Do Not Call registry.   This was confirmed by a call I made to the State's Consumer Advocate.   So the only way to get these guys to stop calling is to tell them you ALREADY signed to switch your supplier and now are under contract.

Furthermore, if a caller says they are "an agency" that represents many suppliers and they need your info to choose the best one for you - DO NOT TELL THEM YOUR INFO.  Especially your account number!
They really represent "suppliers" that are NOT on the PAPOWERSWITCH list and usually are suppliers that got themselves banned from soliciting customers in their OWN state!  -- BEWARE!

Again, just be nice and go for the salesman and politly thank them for calling and say you already switched and are under contract so please take your number off their list.
If you do that nicely, they will indeed take your number off their lists because they need to get sales, and if you're under contract you can't switch.  


1.)  Be nice!
2.)  Never give your Utility account number!   (You can confirm your phone number.)
3.)  Tell them you have already switched and are in a contract.
4.)  Remind them to take your number off their list since you can't switch anymore.
5.)  Thank them nicely for calling and hang up.