Called my cell last night, no message - guess I'll block as well.
Sure seems like as much as the government wants to crack down on us for every little thing now they could be doing a little more to relate this crap? :/
Called my cell last night, no message - guess I'll block as well.
Sure seems like as much as the government wants to crack down on us for every little thing now they could be doing a little more to relate this crap? :/
A Murietan and police officer who needs to keep his identity private wants the community to know about a new scam:
I got a call from 916-259-3229 stating they were contracted with SMUD and PG&E in regards to contact homes that have been flagged for high energy consumption, mine being one of them. (I'm sorry I didn't catch the name of the company.) Which makes sense as our homes are older and not as energy efficient. I paid $240 last month for my home and my neighbors was over $500. They asked a few basic questions like do you have single pane windows, are you the homeowner, how old is your heater/AC unit, etc. She then told me they were going to have State Inspectors on the street tomorrow to come check your home for places to improve and they would have their State ID with them. Seemed semi legit because SMUD does do something similar, but you have to contact them, and I have never heard of a State Inspector, typically they are city or county inspectors. So they scheduled me for 4PM.
I hung up and thought to myself, I would think SMUD would have sent me something with my bill or an email. So I called SMUD. Surprise there, they didn't have record of that number for any inside or outside contractors that were associated with them. I was then switched over to their fraud investigation department to rehash the story. They also said they, SMUD, would have put a door hanger on our front door, or sent an email or something with the bill.
I finished with them and tried to call the number back to cancel and got nowhere, bad number. There's not a whole lot on reverse look up on the internet for that number either. So I just want to put it out there that there's a scam going around and if anyone else gets this, to just hang up. They came in and inspect your house casing it for your valuables, you may even get charged for the "inspection".