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The Councillor for Public Safety, Maria Dolores Carrasco, has reported a possible fraud in the review of butane gas occurred yesterday morning, Wednesday 18 December at the San Antonio de Cehegín.
A neighbor alerted the local police that her in-laws had charged them 135 euros a technical assumptions Butane Gas.
To the address of the affected patrol Public Safety Local Police checking that two operators of gas had convinced the elders to check your set, changing the tires and gas regulators, also signing a maintenance contract moved, all for a total of 135 euros.
"Thanks to the cooperation of citizens could hold within the home to one of the technicians, who was identified by the local police, and then the other operator was identified to be the two neighbors of Granada" reported Maria Dolores Carrasco.
These two operators were making revisions without having obtained a municipal license or hold accreditations gas fitter, so police forced them to return the money to the two elders.
"The two agents acting police had been opened to the relevant court for that act," said Carrasco.
Fraud in the reviews of gas is a problem that each year is accentuated in the winter.
In most of these situations, seek scammers targeting seniors who live alone.
Before them, are presented under the guise of an urgent or review any fault; simulate after the job, have bills or fake cards and request payment of amounts which do not correspond with the work done.
"From the local police is recommended that, in this situation, get in touch with your usual supplier of butane before they perform any work," he added Councilman.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cehegín
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