Scammers impersonate electric service company to extort Bitcoin

According to ktnv, recently, someone pretended to be NV Energy, a power service company in Las Vegas, and threatened that if users did not hand over Bitcoin to the scammers within 30 minutes, the power supply to the victim's home would be cut off. The victim, Jose, said that the scammers asked him to withdraw $856 in cash and deposit the money into a Bitcoin ATM, and called every 2 to 3 minutes to inquire. In response, NV Energy said that the company would not contact users by phone to charge fees or ask someone to go somewhere to deposit funds.