New phone scam targeting people in North Hills

Channel 11 is committed to keeping viewers safe, alerting you to any new scams that could try to swindle you out of money. When we heard about a phone call in the North Hills targeting a local business, we wanted to find out more.

Mary Masa answers the phone dozens of times each day, scheduling appointments at Richard Cardone's hair salon in Ross Township. One recent call sticks in her mind.

"When I looked at the phone it said Duquesne Light Company," Masa recalled. "It was their regular number. I picked it up and on the other end was a man who said that we didn't pay the bill."

"He kept insisting, you owe the money and they're on their way to shut the electric off," Cardone remembers the caller saying.