Smart meter

powerful_Rogue

Qyburn said:

Amy19841987 said:

check th  Telegram group " Utility Meters Replaced"...The legalities involved in doing this requires professional replacement. and templates for communication with service providers ~This group have a list of professionals who do this A very supportive group and all legalities discussed.

I can't find a group with that exact name but there are load of similar and they're all outright scammers. Take payment of £250 per meter for the work. Their "professional  advice" is that you tell your supplier that you've moved out, and bin any correspondence received.

The consequence for many of their customers (victims) is their supply being cut off, or if they're really lucky they get forced onto prepayment. Posts reporting these consequences are normally quickly deleted by the group admins. But here's an example ..

https://www.gofundme.com/f/fighting-greedy-energy-companies

Exactly as I thought it would be and covered by the video I post a bit further up.

I can't believe people donated money on that gofundme page.

GingerTim

powerful_Rogue said:

Qyburn said:

Amy19841987 said:

check th  Telegram group " Utility Meters Replaced"...The legalities involved in doing this requires professional replacement. and templates for communication with service providers ~This group have a list of professionals who do this A very supportive group and all legalities discussed.

I can't find a group with that exact name but there are load of similar and they're all outright scammers. Take payment of £250 per meter for the work. Their "professional  advice" is that you tell your supplier that you've moved out, and bin any correspondence received.

The consequence for many of their customers (victims) is their supply being cut off, or if they're really lucky they get forced onto prepayment. Posts reporting these consequences are normally quickly deleted by the group admins. But here's an example ..

https://www.gofundme.com/f/fighting-greedy-energy-companies

Exactly as I thought it would be and covered by the video I post a bit further up.

I can't believe people donated money on that gofundme page.

I can't believe that GoFundMe page is still up after all this time!

MeteredOut

GingerTim said:

powerful_Rogue said:

Qyburn said:

Amy19841987 said:

check th  Telegram group " Utility Meters Replaced"...The legalities involved in doing this requires professional replacement. and templates for communication with service providers ~This group have a list of professionals who do this A very supportive group and all legalities discussed.

I can't find a group with that exact name but there are load of similar and they're all outright scammers. Take payment of £250 per meter for the work. Their "professional  advice" is that you tell your supplier that you've moved out, and bin any correspondence received.

The consequence for many of their customers (victims) is their supply being cut off, or if they're really lucky they get forced onto prepayment. Posts reporting these consequences are normally quickly deleted by the group admins. But here's an example ..

https://www.gofundme.com/f/fighting-greedy-energy-companies

Exactly as I thought it would be and covered by the video I post a bit further up.

I can't believe people donated money on that gofundme page.

I can't believe that GoFundMe page is still up after all this time!

It's not really.

This fundraiser is no longer accepting donations. If you are the organiser, a beneficiary, team member or donor, sign in to see additional information.

I wonder if they ever found the other £3800 to get reconnected.

(sometimes its hard to deny schadenfreude)

GingerTim

MeteredOut said:

GingerTim said:

powerful_Rogue said:

Qyburn said:

Amy19841987 said:

check th  Telegram group " Utility Meters Replaced"...The legalities involved in doing this requires professional replacement. and templates for communication with service providers ~This group have a list of professionals who do this A very supportive group and all legalities discussed.

I can't find a group with that exact name but there are load of similar and they're all outright scammers. Take payment of £250 per meter for the work. Their "professional  advice" is that you tell your supplier that you've moved out, and bin any correspondence received.

The consequence for many of their customers (victims) is their supply being cut off, or if they're really lucky they get forced onto prepayment. Posts reporting these consequences are normally quickly deleted by the group admins. But here's an example ..

https://www.gofundme.com/f/fighting-greedy-energy-companies

Exactly as I thought it would be and covered by the video I post a bit further up.

I can't believe people donated money on that gofundme page.

I can't believe that GoFundMe page is still up after all this time!

It's not really.

This fundraiser is no longer accepting donations. If you are the organiser, a beneficiary, team member or donor, sign in to see additional information.

I wonder if they ever found the other £3800 to get reconnected.

(sometimes its hard to deny schadenfreude)

That'll teach me to post without glasses! In that case, retaining for posterity is for the best. 

Qyburn

By the way on that page she says ..

"This culminated in my being a victim of state sponsored crime, my gas and electric were disconnected from the grid without prior warning."

But in her Telegram posts she described a series of visits, after she refused access thy returned with police, locksmith and tow truck (to remove the car she'd parked to block access). In now deleted posts she showed all the paperwork, warrant application etc etc. It's hard to see how she could have had any more prior notice.