Vectren warns of debit card utility payment scam

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EVANSVILLE, Ind. (AP) — An Indiana utility company is warning customers of a multi-state bill
payment scam.Vectrensays scammers are making unsolicited phone calls claiming to berepresentatives of the
Evansville-based utility company. The scammerthen warns that the utility will disconnect the customer’s
utilityservice if the customer doesn’t make an immediate payment. Customers aretold to buy a prepaid debit
card to call back to make a payment.Vectrensays it doesn’t accept prepaid credit or debit cards for payment
andwould never require a customer to purchase one to make any kind ofpayment.Vectren provides natural gas or
electricity or both tomore than 1 million customers in nearly two-thirds of Indiana and westcentral
Ohio.Copyright 2013 The Associated Press.EVANSVILLE, Ind. (AP) — An Indiana utility company is warning
customers of a multi-state bill payment scam.Vectrensays scammers are making unsolicited phone calls
claiming to berepresentatives of the Evansville-based utility company. The scammerthen warns that the
utility will disconnect the customer’s utilityservice if the customer doesn’t make an immediate payment.
Customers aretold to buy a prepaid debit card to call back to make a payment.Vectrensays it doesn’t accept
prepaid credit or debit cards for payment andwould never require a customer to purchase one to make any kind
ofpayment.Vectren provides natural gas or electricity or both tomore than 1 million customers in nearly
two-thirds of Indiana and westcentral Ohio.Copyright 2013 The Associated Press.

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