{"id":136,"date":"2017-01-20T22:12:24","date_gmt":"2017-01-20T22:12:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/plutchaknews.com\/newsroom\/?p=136"},"modified":"2017-01-20T22:13:35","modified_gmt":"2017-01-20T22:13:35","slug":"your-power-company-is-not-calling-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/plutchaknews.com\/newsroom\/2017\/01\/20\/your-power-company-is-not-calling-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Scam alert: Your power company is not calling you for payment"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1380\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1380\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1380\" src=\"http:\/\/kaukaunacommunitynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/0120_phone_scam.jpg\" alt=\"Phone scam alert\" width=\"1000\" height=\"600\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1380\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Phone scam alert<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>ALERT &#8212; Wisconsin Public Service \u00a0is urging customers to be aware of a recent increase in scam phone calls. Since Saturday, more than a dozen calls have been made in which a person has impersonated a WPS or other utility company employee in order to fraudulently obtain money.<\/p>\n<p>The scammers have targeted restaurants and other businesses in De Pere, Green Bay, Stevens Point and Waupaca in the past six days, according to a news release from \u00a0Wisconsin Energy Corp.<\/p>\n<p>In two cases, businesses fell victim to the scam and sent several hundreds of dollars.<\/p>\n<p>Callers have contacted WPS customers claiming they need to make payments or their power will be disconnected in as soon as a half-hour. If the victims agreed to the payments, scammers have instructed them to pay fraudulent amounts using prepaid cards (e.g., MoneyPak or Green Dot cards).<\/p>\n<p>WPS reminds customers we will never ask them to pay utility bills with prepaid credit cards. WPS also will not solicit payment from a customer in a threatening manner. Customers are reminded to never provide any banking, account or private information if they receive a suspicious call.<\/p>\n<p>WPS urges customers who receive suspicious calls to contact our 24-hour customer service line immediately at 1-800-450-7260. We will verify whether or not we called a customer, and will also verify a customer\u2019s account status.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ALERT &#8212; Wisconsin Public Service \u00a0is urging customers to be aware of a recent increase in scam phone calls. Since Saturday, more than a dozen calls have been made in which a person has impersonated a WPS or other utility company employee in order to fraudulently obtain money. 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