According to a report by Spiegel.de warns the Association of Municipal Utilities (VKU) consumers.
Currently scammers send mass deceptively real-looking letter, in which power customers are asked to pay. As the sender, an alleged Stadtwerke stated. According
VKU try to con artists in their letter seems to awaken, if it were an ordinary power Surcharge . Act To strengthen this impression is the letter alleged billing of electricity consumption, and an already filled-transfer form.
electricity customers should comply with these fraudulent claims of course, in any case and inform in doubt contact your electricity supplier on the legality of possible additional claims. were also in receipt of a fraudulent letter to recommend a charge of attempted fraud.
real letter from the provider's current customers will receive both the real number of current customers and the names of the utility, which in the alleged fraudulent letters Stadtwerke was not given.
update -
According to various press reports should be made of the alleged perpetrators have mitlerweile accompanied by an attorney of the police in Detmold.
Financial loss of electricity customers should not have come about because the two bank accounts which were called in the wrong electricity bills, were closed immediately.
Thus the offender RECOURSE well aware of this scam nothing except high postage costs for mass-mailed letters to current customers, as well as a conviction for attempted fraud.
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