At what point does being cute become fraud

Hazzanet

retiredin2011 wrote: »

Here is another one for you, my gas and electricity are going up by over £500 a year, never could work out percentages, because I am on a special tariff from Eon that is being ended on 29th June.

I am going to add 1000kWh of electricity and 400 metric units to my gas usage when I give them my final meter readings for that tariff on that night and request a bill.

My next bill at the end of Sept should be zero for usage, although there will still be the standing charge to pay.

That will upset their DD calculation.

I wonder if I would get away with adding my winter usage as well?

Now that is fraud.

PeacefulWaters

retiredin2011 wrote: »

Here is another one for you, my gas and electricity are going up by over £500 a year, never could work out percentages, because I am on a special tariff from Eon that is being ended on 29th June.

I am going to add 1000kWh of electricity and 400 metric units to my gas usage when I give them my final meter readings for that tariff on that night and request a bill.

My next bill at the end of Sept should be zero for usage, although there will still be the standing charge to pay.

That will upset their DD calculation.

I wonder if I would get away with adding my winter usage as well?

That would make you a crook and would be a criminal act.

MABLE

HappyMJ wrote: »

It's not fraud.

I have 3 Halifax Reward Saver Accounts in which my salary of at least £1,000 (since changed to a lower figure) is supposed to be credited to each of the accounts to qualify for a £5 payment. I don't earn £1,000 net from 3 different jobs...I don't even earn that from 1 job. It's the same money being recycled from account to account. It's exploiting T's and C's and there's nothing wrong with that. I don't even properly use the accounts except for the obligatory 2 direct debits per account.

Brilliant way to play the game. Well done!

retiredin2011

That would make you a crook and would be a criminal act.

Why? for prepaying 3 months gas and electricity.

Hazzanet

See here: https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5001014

E.ON_Company_Representative:_Helena

retiredin2011 wrote: »

Here is another one for you, my gas and electricity are going up by over £500 a year, never could work out percentages, because I am on a special tariff from Eon that is being ended on 29th June.

I am going to add 1000kWh of electricity and 400 metric units to my gas usage when I give them my final meter readings for that tariff on that night and request a bill.

My next bill at the end of Sept should be zero for usage, although there will still be the standing charge to pay.

That will upset their DD calculation.

I wonder if I would get away with adding my winter usage as well?

Hiya retiredin2011

I've posted a reply about this on the gas and electricity board here's a link https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5001014

Thanks

Helena

retiredin2011

The difference between 1000 kWh of electricity at the old and new tariff is £42 and the difference in 400 units of gas is £45.

So I save £87

Hardly the crime of the century.

PeacefulWaters

retiredin2011 wrote: »

The difference between 1000 kWh of electricity at the old and new tariff is £42 and the difference in 400 units of gas is £45.

So I save £87

Hardly the crime of the century.

Oh, well as it's only a little crime that's ok then.

surreysaver

Well, I overpay my Santander mortgage to earn the full amount of cashback on my 123. I explicitly told them the reason I was increasing my payments, and they did not have a problem with it. I also borrowed an extra few grand from the mortgage to bump my 123 balance to £20k to earn the max interest.

Goldiegirl

retiredin2011 wrote: »

The difference between 1000 kWh of electricity at the old and new tariff is £42 and the difference in 400 units of gas is £45.

So I save £87

Hardly the crime of the century.

So you are happy to commit fraud for the sake of saving £87 ?