SaskPower has become aware of customers being contacted by people claiming to be from the crown corporation in an attempt to get money from them. 

"The scammers do learn every year and seem to be getting better at trying to trick us," explained Jonathan Tremblay, a spokesperson with SaskPower.

Tremblay says that there is one big difference between an actual SaskPower rep and the scammers.

"If they start asking for a payment method via phone. That is never something SaskPower would do. If in doubt, simply hang up and call back SaskPower customer service. They will be able to help you access your account and see if there is any issue."

He added that if you receive a call, you will be told that you owe money on your account, and if it is not paid, your service will be cut off.

"That is not a process we follow if you are in a collections type of process," noted Tremblay.

He hopes that by getting the information out, there won't be any victims of these fraudulent calls. 

"They never stop. However, we've been seeing some peaks, notably in the last two weeks, especially for people who own smaller businesses. They seem to be targeted at this time."