 Hi, I'm Sergeant Warnacky with DPD TV. Today we're here to tell you about a new scam that's occurring in the Denver Metro area involving you and the electric company. Beware, here's the information. Meet Saeed Benjalung. Moroccan food is excellent. For 17 years, Benjalung has owned the Palace Casablanca restaurant in southeast Denver. All kinds of people, they love it. From low-key people, regular people like us. Sinators, movie stars, even President Bush was here for dinner. One Friday, Benjalung got an unwelcome visitor, a man posing as an Excel energy worker. A person came through the back door, knocked, and I went open. It was like from Excel energy. He gave Benjalung an ultimatum. Either pay or we can shut you down. I need you to go wild green and get me a card, calling card, and put money there and give me the card. Benjalung not wanting any problems on a busy Friday night and a restaurant full of people handed over the $500 card. When I called Excel energy, I explained the situation. I said, no, nobody come. We never receive any payment. We've been scammed. To get Excel energy's advice on how to avoid this scam, we went to talk with them. It is true that from time to time, we will have individuals who go out to collect on bills. And that's after we've made other attempts to contact the customer about an outstanding debt. They have a right to check for Excel energy ID. They have a right to say, I don't know if I trust you completely, can I call back Excel energy and ask them if this is true. And in all cases, our bill collectors, or those who might be so contracting for us, have to wait until you make that contact. And you have a right to determine in most cases how you want to pay. So if you have a situation where they want to run you over to Walgreens or take out some type of online payment, that's definitely a telltale sign. If you suspect this scam is happening to you, call the police right away. If you're not sure about your Excel account balance, here are the numbers you can call to check.