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

[S Collins]

I live in an apartment building so probably wouldn't have to deal with this type of scammer, but thanks for the heads-up.  If they are misrepresenting themselves as someone who's working with PEPCO and trying to get personal information, apparently without proper authority and identification, I can't see how PEPCO can say it's not illegal.  

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On Wed, 6/4/14, bob smith <sfmc68 at verizon.net> wrote:

 Subject: Re: [RP TownTalk] Beware of Scammers asking for your Pepco Bill
 To: towntalk at riverdale-park.org
 Date: Wednesday, June 4, 2014, 8:15 PM
 
 
     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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