People in the Maine's Kennebec Valley are being targeted by yet another phone scam.
MaineGeneral spokeswoman Joy McKenna says this time scammers appear to be calling from MaineGeneral Health.
"These calls were trying to get credit card numbers, saying they wanted to make sure MaineGeneral bills are being paid, or to help with debt service," McKenna says.
Some of the calls are automated. McKenna says MaineGeneral does call people for payment on unpaid medical bills, but doesn't use an automated system.
McKenna says people who get a call that seems suspicious should contact MaineGeneral's switchboard; and if they've given the caller their credit card details, they should call their bank, and the local police department.
"Certainly MaineGeneral Health is the largest health care system in the Kennebec Valley, so potentially many people that are in this area are patients of ours," she says. "So it's obviously very concerning to us that we get this information out to the public."
MaineGeneral has reported the scam to authorities.
