HARTFORD, Conn. (Legal Newsline) – Connecticut Attorney General George Jepsen and Consumer Counsel Elin Katz warned consumers on Friday about a utility scam in which a utility company switches consumers to a different supplier without their permission.

Jepsen and Katz urged consumers to be cautious when they receive a sales call from an electric supplier asking for account data over the phone. Consumers who give their United Illuminating or Connecticut Light and Power Company account numbers over the phone or to a door-to-door salesperson may be switched to a different supplier without their knowledge or permission.