National Grid scam calls – how to protect yourself!

Deceptive tactics used

Scam call claiming to be from the national grid

Claiming to be from the National Grid, they wanted to service the electricity meter for 40-45 minutes and even verified our postcode. It felt suspicious when an Indian man with a poor connection repeatedly requested my manager's mobile number, despite my offer to email them instead.

I received a call attempting to scam me with an offer of 50% off my energy rates, which I immediately terminated, and subsequently ignored a follow-up call.

As mentioned earlier, this number claimed to be from the National Grid and intended to change my meter for reasons that would have been amusing if they were genuine. However, it was clear that they were fake and likely seeking personal data. I thanked them and hung up.

This number is a scam, as an Indian man claimed to be changing my electricity meters, and when I confronted him, he became abusive

An individual with a foreign accent, claiming to represent an energy company, has been persistently calling to discuss meter replacement.

A person named Josh contacted me from 02081332023, requesting WhatsApp pictures of meters to be sent to 07459582307

This was a scam call, it was a metre call

An unknown energy company contacted me, offering a 25% discount on my bill, but they were unable to provide my current provider's information, which led me to suspect a scam.

To stop these scams, folllow these 4 steps: 1. Report to ‘action fraud’ by googling it, then go to the ‘police.uk’ site, click on the ‘report a phishing attempt’ page, read all the informations, complete the scam report form at the bottom of the page, provide full details including any link/internet adress in the free typing space. 2. Forward scam emails and screen shots of messaging scams to the relevent autorities

It is crucial that we hold ourselves accountable for reporting these theft and phishing attempts, as outlined below. The uninformed and vulnerable are often deceived, while the rest of us are inconvenienced. Since blocking is ineffective and reporting to '7726' is an inadequate solution, it is essential that we report these incidents directly to the authorities. Foreign-based criminals exploit our lack of action, but reporting can be done efficiently by saving relevant details to favourites or contacts.

It's a energy scam, dont answer

This number is linked to an Indian scam call center that pretends to be the National Grid Meter Replacement Department, and the representatives are rude and harassing, attempting to deceive people into believing that they will be visiting their homes at a specified time.

A refund was supposedly owed to me, and a woman initiated the call before passing me to a man who requested my banking information, allegedly to replace my electric meter

Apparently, the caller was from National Grid, but their story about my electric meter seemd unlikely at best, and they struggeld to understand my accent, whats the point of this scam?,