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WEBVTT GREEN MOUNTAIN POWER - THEY SAID IT'S KIND OF IRONIC THAT TODAY IS NATIONAL UTILITIES UNITED AGAINST PHONE SCAMS DAY...AND OF ALL DAYS, THIS IS THE ONE THEY SAID HEY RECIEVED HUNDREDS OF CALLS FROM CUSTOMERS THROUGHOUT THE STATE ABOUT A SUSPECTED SCAM. THE CALL STARTS OUT SOUNDING LIKE THIS: NAT: "welcome to Green Mountain Power..." THE CALL STARTS OUT LIKE THIS--A RECORDING FROM GREEN MOUNTAIN POWER COMPANY. BUT THEN THE VOICE ON ON THE OTHER LINE DEMANDS MONEY FOR AN OVERDUE BILL. SOT: Dorothy Schnure, Green Mountain Power, "we do not make calls like that - that is a scam." ON WEDNESDAY, HUNDREDS OF G-M-P CUSTOMERS REPORTED GETTING THIS SCAM CALL. THE UTILITY SAYS IT'LL GET A FEW REPORTS OF PHONY CALLS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, BUT NEVER ANYTHING LIKE THIS. SOT: Dorothy Schnure, Green Mountain Power, "what is important is that people do not give out a credit card number to someone who calls demanding the number or threatening disconnection, and that they do not wire money to someone that is calling. We do not suggest that customers wire us money." IN FACT, NO VERMONT UTILITY DEMANDS INSTANT PAYMENT BY PHONE OR WIRE. AND THOSE AT GREEN MOUNTAIN POWER SAY THEY'RE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS - JUST BE SURE TO STOP IN, OR CALL THEM DIRECTLY. THEY SAY THEY DON'T WANT ANYONE ELSE TO FALL VICTIM TO THIS PHONE SCAM. SOT: Dorothy Schnure, Green Mountain Power, "the thought that someone would call them and try to extract money from them illigally is really...it's really not good." AGAIN, IF YOU GOT ONE OF THESE CALLS - GREEN MOUNTAIN POWER SAYS YOU CAN CALL THEM AT THIS NUMBER YOU SEE ON THE BOTTOM OF YOUR SCREEN, OR YOU CAN STOP IN THEIR OFFICE TO DOUBLE-CHECK YOUR BILL. THEY DO NOT WANT TO YOU WIRE ANY MONEY OR GIVE OUT YOUR CREDIT CARD NUMBER OVER THE PHONE. LIVE IN COLCHESTER, RENEE WUNDERLICH, NBC5 NEWS. A VERMONT MAN ACCUSED OF

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