Enwinis warning customers about a new scam targeting customers with attempts to extort money through Bitcoin and other cryptocurrency.<\/p>\n
Customers in other partsof Ontario have received calls saying they owemoney to a utility company, then demanding they go to an address where there is a cryptocurrency machine.<\/p>\n
Customers would then likely buy the cryptocurrency and send it to the scammer, losing money in the process said Barbara Peirce Marshall, manager of corporate communication for Enwin.<\/p>\n
Crypotcurrency is encrypted and decentralized, meaning the creation of coins and transactions are verified by a type of crypotgraphy, eliminating the need for a middle man like a bank.<\/p>\n
\"We have a process that we follow when customers have outstanding bills, so there are a series of notifications to the customer,\" said Marshall.<\/p>\n
These notices would be sent either through mail or email depending on how the customer is set up with the company.<\/p>\n
\"We follow all the regulations set by the Ontario Energy Board for that,\" said Marshall. \"Customers will know without anyone calling and asking them to go pay in a certain way at a certain time.\"<\/p>\n
Marshall said there have been no scam attempts of this nature in Windsor, but warns customers in the area to be on guard.<\/p>\n
Enwin does not currently accept Bitcoin or any cryptocurrency as a form of payment.<\/p>\n
Customers who may have been contacted are asked to contact Enwin and the police.<\/p>\n
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