There is also a widespread scam on local businesses whereby a person who claims to be with Dominion Power says that he has an order to shut off your service and that he and his team are on the way and then he says that if you make a payment now over the phone with your credit card he will stop the power shut off. If you get such a call, contact Dominion or whichever power company they are impersonating, and check first.
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