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PSE&G Warns Customers Of Payment Scam  (credit: CBS 2)  (credit:
CBS 2)  NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – PSE&G is warning its customers
about a potential payment scam targeting predominantly Hispanic
neighborhoods.  The utility said someone has been calling
customers posing as a company employee and threatening to shut
off electric and gas service if a payment is not made to them
that day using a prepaid debit card.  The utility said the
caller tells the customers to buy a Green Dot MoneyPak, use cash
to put money onto the card, and then provide the number on the
card to them.  The alleged scammer then transfers the money and
cashes it in at an ATM.  “Some customers are vulnerable, some
customers are concerned, these people are very threatening on
the phone,” PSE&G Spokeswoman Bonnie Sheppard tells 1010 WINS.
“They manage to scare some people.”  So far, 125 customers have
been victimized in the s