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A statewide crime alert has been received from the Wisconsin Department of Justice, involving a prepaid debit card scam in which the caller is falsely representing utility companies.

The most notable cases involve WE Energies, in which scammers identify themselves as a company representative attempting to claim unpaid utility bills. They assert that if not paid by a specific time later that same day, their utilities will be disconnected. The caller then instructs the victim to purchase a prepaid debit card and then call them back with the debit card numbers to credit the funds to their ac...