Central Maine Power has issued the following public safety information:
If someone is knocking on your door claiming to be from Central Maine Power, it could be a scam. CMP says it's seeing an increase in calls about people going door to door claiming to be with CMP.
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spokesperson says if a legit CMP employee does go to your door, they will always have a CMP badge, they will always be in a marked CMP vehicle and they will not ask for account information.
As a reminder, CMP will never:
Customers should also be aware of some of the known scammer tactics:
Types of scams that customers should look out for include:
Information request: The caller insists that a recent payment encountered a system glitch and was not completed, or that the company had not received the payment at all. The perpetrator then asks the customer to make a false payment using a prepaid debit card or by providing personal bank account information.