GALLATIN COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE
GALLATIN COUNTY – The Gallatin County Sheriff’s Office has
received numerous calls about a scam involving callers stating they are from
NorthWestern Energy. The caller states that they are calling about a delinquent
account and if the account is not brought up to date immediately, they will
shut off the power. The caller will ask for the person’s credit card
information. When the person gives them their credit card information, they
will tell the person that the credit card comes back as declined. Once this
occurs they instruct the person to go and purchase a prepaid Visa card.
These scammers are aggressive, convincing, and persistent.
This is a scam. Do not give them any information. Hang up the phone and do not
respond in any way.
