[RP TownTalk] Beware of Scammers asking for your Pepco Bill

[bob smith]

OH, there really is no ordinance that I am aware of but telling them to 
go to the station helps deflate them.
bob

On 6/4/14 7:59 PM, bob smith wrote:
> As I was advised some time in the past, ask to see their town permit 
> to go door to door.
> They will say their boss has it, respond with it is required to be on 
> their person, they can get one
> over at the police station, they argue, you pick up the fone, by the 
> time you have finished 92743, they should be gone.
> Works for me.
> bob smith
>
> On 6/2/14 7:21 PM, Dan Behrend wrote:
>> Beware of people coming through the neighborhood asking to see your 
>> Pepco bill.
>>
>> Two guys wearing Direct Energy clothing came to my house (4500 block 
>> of Riverdale Road) a little after 6pm asking to see my Pepco bill. 
>>  They said that they worked for Direct Energy and that Pepco had 
>> contracted with Direct Energy to verify something about the billing 
>> in the area. They claimed Pepco sent out inserts with my last bill 
>> alerting me that Direct Energy would be coming to my house.
>>
>> When they couldn't produce ID or business cards, I told them I would 
>> check it out online. I did a quick search on Pepco's site, found 
>> nothing, and then notified the Riverdale Park Police.
>>
>> I remembered hearing about this type of scam where 3rd party 
>> electricity suppliers engage in these sorts of unethical practices - 
>> http://wamu.org/news/morning_edition/12/02/09/pepco_impersonators_hit_columbia_heights. 
>>
>>
>> If you show the person your bill, they write down your account 
>> information and then switch your service over to a different supplier.
>>
>> Pepco had a 30+ minute wait to speak to a customer service 
>> representative, but eventually called me back. The customer service 
>> representative that I spoke with said it is a problem customers 
>> encounter, but that it is not illegal. She recommended that I contact 
>> the Maryland Public Service Commission if I want to file a complaint.
>>
>> Dan Behrend
>>
>>
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