On June 16, 2017 at 12:32 p.m., a Hampton Township officer responded to a local business on Route 8 for a report of attempted fraud. The responding officer spoke to the reporting party, an employee at the business, who was concerned that a customer was falling victim to a common phone scam. The customer advised the responding officer that they received a phone call from an individual claiming to be with Duquesne Light Co. They reported that the individual told them that they owed an outstanding bill, and that they would come over immediately and shut off the power at the reporting party’s office unless the bill was paid off. The customer stated that the male advised them to go and buy $1,500.00 worth of CashPak gift cards, and to call him back after getting the gift cards so that they could remedy the unpaid balance. The cashier at the business intercepted the customer and advised them that many phone scams result in gift card purchases, and proceeded to call 911 for the suspicious incident. The customer was advised that the phone call they received was a common scam, and that actual business entities would not require an unpaid balance of a service in the form of gift cards.