The reviews of gas and electricity: a lot of eye with the con men
A news that has alarmed to the society has to see with the fraud in the bills of the gas and the electricity. We know that they exist con men that taking advantage of the crisis to begin with these practices. The saving in the energetic bill of our homes is the main cause of the apparition of these characters.
Methods that use the con men
The most used method consists in passing off as a technician of a company of the gas. In some cases can revise our installation and act followed, say us that the installation has a very grave defect that it is necessary to amend with urgency and, therefore, charge us by the reparation in the same instant. His level of sophistication arrives to such point that offer you can pay even with charge card.
Other times pass off as technicians of the City council and do like that make an inspection and of course, treat to charge forthat.
In case that the tenant of the house say them that it already has spent this inspection or that does not want to repair the supposed failure begins the pressure by the con men. They will say us that it treats of a new regulation and that the inspection that already have made us does not serve. Even they arrive to loom with a cut of the supply or with serious economic sanctions if we deny us through the administration.
Another tactic that use is to try do us sign a paper. They do us think that this document is a part of work or that treats of a routine inspection, but in reality what are signing is an agreement of maintenance of our supplies.
Councils not to fall in his nets
Not to fall is this swindle the best is to have clear how, when and why do us an inspection of gas home. Always they go us to warn with antelación, so we do not have to concern us.
- The inspections do each five years since it gives of tall the supply.
- The company will send us with long a notification by writing to our house.
- The company will plant a notice in the portal days before the visit of the technicians.
- And the most important: never it is necessary to pay in cash by this inspection of supplies. It invoices always in the following receipt of the gas that will receive in our domicile.
The best is to be careful and not sinning of good faith. So our council is the following: you do not open the door to strangers without accrediting correctly. Desconfiad Of which say to be inspectors and present without warning. Your company always will call you. And if no you fías, although it was a technician for real, do not concern you. They will call you and they will go back to spend.
The most used method consists in passing off as a technician of a company of the gas. In some cases can revise our installation and act followed, say us that the installation has a very grave defect that it is necessary to amend with urgency and, therefore, charge us by the reparation in the same instant. His level of sophistication arrives to such point that offer you can pay even with charge card.
Other times pass off as technicians of the City council and do like that make an inspection and of course, treat to charge forthat.
In case that the tenant of the house say them that it already has spent this inspection or that does not want to repair the supposed failure begins the pressure by the con men. They will say us that it treats of a new regulation and that the inspection that already have made us does not serve. Even they arrive to loom with a cut of the supply or with serious economic sanctions if we deny us through the administration.
Another tactic that use is to try do us sign a paper. They do us think that this document is a part of work or that treats of a routine inspection, but in reality what are signing is an agreement of maintenance of our supplies.
Councils not to fall in his nets
Not to fall is this swindle the best is to have clear how, when and why do us an inspection of gas home. Always they go us to warn with antelación, so we do not have to concern us.
- The inspections do each five years since it gives of tall the supply.
- The company will send us with long a notification by writing to our house.
- The company will plant a notice in the portal days before the visit of the technicians.
- And the most important: never it is necessary to pay in cash by this inspection of supplies. It invoices always in the following receipt of the gas that will receive in our domicile.
The best is to be careful and not sinning of good faith. So our council is the following: you do not open the door to strangers without accrediting correctly. Desconfiad Of which say to be inspectors and present without warning. Your company always will call you. And if no you fías, although it was a technician for real, do not concern you. They will call you and they will go back to spend.
