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- This scam involves criminals offering cloned energy top up keys to people on pre-payment meters, promising a cut-price deal on their energy. The reality is your energy company will detect that they haven’t had payment for the energy and will charge you regardless.
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Jun 24, 2022 · Criminals are targeting hard pressed households with fake offers of refunds, government grants, demands for repayments, bogus energy-saving devices and more. As bills soar, the scammers are seizing their chance.
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Sep 16, 2022 · Energy scams involve people pretending to be energy companies or regulators to get your money or personal information. These scammers may pretend to be your energy company, say they’re from Ofgem or even from Energy Saving Trust to try and gain your trust.
Dec 6, 2021 · More than 19 million adults have been targeted by a green scam in the past year, new research by Citizens Advice finds. The charity discovered more than two thirds of adults are thinking about making their home more energy efficient in the next 12 months, but 36% said they have already been targeted by a green scam.
Oct 1, 2024 · Brazen fraudsters have repeatedly posed as the energy regulator, Ofgem, to offer free boilers, cheaper tariffs, grants or energy efficiency upgrades. Victims typically receive a cold call, email, text or doorstep visit from someone claiming to represent the regulator and asking for bank details.
One of the most common methods Which? has seen used by scammers is phishing emails, in which a scammer posing as an energy supplier emails the customer inviting them to claim a refund, due to a miscalculation on their energy bill.
Sep 7, 2022 · The scam emails pretend to be from the energy regulator Ofgem and are headed "Claim your bill rebate now", telling recipients they are due a payment under a government scheme to help people cope with escalating gas and electricity costs.
Jul 17, 2024 · The best way to report energy scams is to contact Action Fraud if you live in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, or Police Scotland on 101 if you live in Scotland. This will help reduce the...
