The Judiciary Police (PJ) urged the public yesterday to be wary of door-to-door scams or extortions by bogus maintenance engineers.
A PJ statement noted that the Judiciary Police have recently received reports from several residents that someone had pretended to be a staff member of an engineering company on a social media platform and told them that he provided household water leakage checks and repair services. Therefore, the statement added, the residents invited the “staff member” to their homes for a water leakage check, and repair work was carried out after they agreed to the quotation.
However, according to the statement, after the completion of the work, the “staff member” charged them several times higher than the quoted amount. Due to the “staff member’s” threats, the statement pointed out, the victims finally complied and made the payment.
The statement underlined that criminals may present fake business papers, falsely represent the provision of services or products, and entice the public to let them into their homes to commit criminal acts.
Therefore, the Judiciary Police urged the public not to trust strangers’ claims on social media platforms, while verifying the information provided by them through reliable channels and asking them to show them supporting documents.
The Judiciary Police also urged the public to choose only reputable merchants or organisations to confirm the reputation of the services they claim to provide, and to pay more attention to crime prevention information provided by the police to raise their personal awareness of fraudulent activities.
This poster provided by the Judiciary Police (PJ) yesterday warns the public to be wary of bogus “maintenance engineering personnel”.
