Got a call from pleasant sounding woman, who said we were eligible to get a lower rate on natural gas, based on new laws, and did I get information about that on my last Consumer's Energy bill? When I replied that I do everything on line, she said, Oh, that's why you didn't get it. She asked me to go online and just read meter or account number (don't remember which one); I asked if there was somewhere online I could read about this -she replied that it was under construction. I asked her to send me something about it and she said, in a less pleasant voice, Yeah, sure, and she hung up. Definitely a scam!
From reading the other postings above, they want you to give them your account number and when you do, they will take over for billing you - as if you asked them to supply your gas instead of Consumer's Energy. Even if they could (doubtfully) offer a better deal, I would never go with a company that uses deceit to sign me up!
I got a call today from a Johnny from this number asking me if I had a Nicor Gas account (Illinois),and if I was up to date on my payments. He said they could offer me a discount from a different supplier(but through Nicor Gas), and wanted me to get my last bill out for information. I said I prefer to get something in the mail to read it over, and also that I was happy with my current service(even though he offered to get it for me cheaper). He finally gave up and hung up, which I'm glad of now that I read these other comments..