Fake power bill collectors rampant in Kalasin, Roi Et, Phitsanulok, Phichit, Phetchabun

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Fake power bill collectors rampant in Kalasin, Roi Et, Phitsanulok, Phichit, Phetchabun



BANGKOK, 9 September 2015 (NNT) – The Provincial Electricity Authority (PEA) has warned the public against forged electricity bills and fake electricity bill collectors that have claimed victims in several provinces.

PEA Governor Sermsakool Klaikaew indicated on Tuesday that some people in Kalasin, Roi Et, Phitsanulok, Phichit and Phetchabun fake have lately been presented with forged electricity bills by collectors who convinced them to pay the amount on the bills.

Electricity users are urged to carefully check the electricity bills they are presented with and to call the local PEA office to make inquiry should they be approached by someone claiming to be an electricity fee collector.

Electricity bills can be paid at local PEA offices, Counter Service pay points, PEA shops in shopping centers, and at participating banks. Inquiries can be made via hotline no. 1129 or at the local PEA office.


-- NNT 2015-09-09

[ezzra]

You just gotta love this country, Fakeland.... where even the fakes are fake.... and everybody seems happy with it....

[NickJ]

I had these guys show up awhile back. Then they offered to alter my meter.....

As they just walked onto the property after ringing the bell and opening my gate....I talked with them a bit and kept moving around. When I said they were both handsome men they smiled....then I asked them if they had ever been on TV.....more smiles and laughs.......Then I pointed to the 4 cameras with the red dots that were filming them. They exited pronto.

[dageurreotype]

This on top of fake monks, fake charity collectors, fake police, fake army/navy personnel

[mikemac]

This on top of fake monks, fake charity collectors, fake police, fake army/navy personnel

I think this story is a fake, so I refuse to believe a word of it !

[doremifasol]

[Monkeyrobot]

This on top of fake monks, fake charity collectors, fake police, fake army/navy personnel

My Rolex just broke , I think it's fake.

[Mudcrab]

We just pay the lady on the motorbike as we have always done. Didn't know you could pay in town.

Live and learn.

[SOTIRIOS]

....one can pay at any 7/11...so why pay anyone in the street...

[wabothai]

thai rak thai !!

[Stray]

....one can pay at any 7/11...so why pay anyone in the street...

Depends on how far away the place is where you can pay bills.

Out our way, PEA have always come to issue the bill and collect the money.

[stoneyboy]

....one can pay at any 7/11...so why pay anyone in the street...

Depends on how far away the place is where you can pay bills.

Out our way, PEA have always come to issue the bill and collect the money.

What if your not home then surely they leave your bill in the designated plastic box on your wall which every house in Thailand seems to have.

Don't tell me you sit home waiting for the electric bill every month come on.

[boomerangutang]

IF/when authorities confront the rip-offs, will they just shout a warning not to do it any more, or will there be arrests, trial, conviction, sentence? My guess is they won't even seriously try to find who did it. If they do happen to find the culprits it won't be anything more dire than some terse words exchanged.

[Nick167]

U forgot fake ladies! ie ladyboys...etc

[bangrak]

Can't agree with those saying Thailand is a failed state, to fail one needs to have been trying first... Fake state indeed covers the content (or the lack of any).

[RKASA]

Set up a savings account - keep enough in it to pay for a few months worth of bills at a time and refill it when low - use it for nothing else and have bills paid auto - I get a slip in the plastic device by the mail box and week later they draw the money and then I get a receipt in the mail - they all add up and match. Have not seen nor needed to see a PEA person in years. We don't have to deal with it if we leave town for a few months ether.

I used to pay the true Sat via that savings account when I had it also. Don't use your reg ATM account get a savings only no ATM card for this use. You can add some money to it from any CDM.

[Chicog]

A mate of mine in Phuket enquired about a "fake" policeman that used to drink in his company. Turns out he had his own uniform made at one of the local tailors, and he used to stand around a particular junction and do people for traffic offences, and obviously cash payment allowed them to go on their way...... until the real police caught him.

What happened?

He was allowed to continue, with the proviso that he had to go to the cop shop once a week to pay them their share.

Policing in Thailand is beyond comical.

[VIPinthailand]

do you think I m a fake VIP?

[ableguy]

....one can pay at any 7/11...so why pay anyone in the street...

Or tesco costs another five baht..cannot believe people are not aware of this, Maybe too engrossed with their cutie,

[Happy Grumpy]

This on top of fake monks, fake charity collectors, fake police, fake army/navy personnel

Wait until you pull down Noi the beauty-queen's panties.

[Stray]

....one can pay at any 7/11...so why pay anyone in the street...

Depends on how far away the place is where you can pay bills.

Out our way, PEA have always come to issue the bill and collect the money.

What if your not home then surely they leave your bill in the designated plastic box on your wall which every house in Thailand seems to have.

Don't tell me you sit home waiting for the electric bill every month come on.

No, I don't wait at home for the electric bill to come every month but, with three houses at the front of the property and 13 people living there, there's always someone at home. We don't have locks on the outsides of the doors, for the same reason. Our doors and windows have slide bolts on the inside so we only lock up at night.

Every house has a plastic box? Never seen one. Unless you are talking about rubbish bins but we don't have rubbish collection, or town water supply, or town sewerage, or mail delivery. That's why it's good that the electricity bill is issued and paid for, on the spot. One more excuse NOT to travel into town.

Not everyone lives in a box in a city.

Edited September 9, 2015 by Stray

[bbbbooboo]

damn........the man I bought my Rolex from in Bangkok for 1000 baht, assured me it was genuine too

[RobertHima]

A mate of mine in Phuket enquired about a "fake" policeman that used to drink in his company. Turns out he had his own uniform made at one of the local tailors, and he used to stand around a particular junction and do people for traffic offences, and obviously cash payment allowed them to go on their way...... until the real police caught him.

What happened?

He was allowed to continue, with the proviso that he had to go to the cop shop once a week to pay them their share.

Policing in Thailand is beyond comical.

This actually shows management skills, the knowledge of outsourcing and public-private partnerships

[RobertHima]

_{I have only one question: how will they get the money paid for fake bills? How can it work? Did they set up an account to which 7-11 systems can make payment? Do they let other people pay their own bill (that is pasting their barcode to other peoples bill)? Where does the money go? (Okay, I admit, it's a lot of questions)}

I'm sure the professional policemen has asked and answered these questions already..

[metisdead]

A troll post has been removed as well as a reply.

[Artisi]

This on top of fake monks, fake charity collectors, fake police, fake army/navy personnel

Wait until you pull down Noi the beauty-queen's panties.

Or Somchai's jocks and note no attached appendage.

[billd766]

....one can pay at any 7/11...so why pay anyone in the street...

Depends on how far away the place is where you can pay bills.

Out our way, PEA have always come to issue the bill and collect the money.

What if your not home then surely they leave your bill in the designated plastic box on your wall which every house in Thailand seems to have.

Don't tell me you sit home waiting for the electric bill every month come on.

No I don't sit at home waiting for the electricity bill though as I am retired I am home most of the time anyway. I know the two ladies who come around with the electricity bill anyway, and the guy who brings the water bill plus the guy who brings the trash collection bill.

If there is nobody home the leave the bills with the neighbours. We do the same for our neighbours.

[Stray]

....one can pay at any 7/11...so why pay anyone in the street...

Depends on how far away the place is where you can pay bills.

Out our way, PEA have always come to issue the bill and collect the money.

What if your not home then surely they leave your bill in the designated plastic box on your wall which every house in Thailand seems to have.

Don't tell me you sit home waiting for the electric bill every month come on.

No I don't sit at home waiting for the electricity bill though as I am retired I am home most of the time anyway. I know the two ladies who come around with the electricity bill anyway, and the guy who brings the water bill plus the guy who brings the trash collection bill.

If there is nobody home the leave the bills with the neighbours. We do the same for our neighbours.

It's amazing how wonderful life is in a friendly neighbourhood. However, that can only happen if you take some time out and take the minimal steps required to build up a rapport with your neighbours.

billd766, as you rightly point out, the fake bill collectors would find it very difficult to operate, out our way, as the PEA personnel who deliver and collect the bills are well known. If a new bill collector calls, they are with one of the 'regular' crew.

As I stated in my last post, there is always someone at home, at our place. As it is an outdoor existence, if they're not working on the farm (out the back), in the open-air shop (in the front), at school or having a snooze, they're on the front stoop socialising with the neighbours. At night, when we do go inside to sleep, the dogs alert us to someone coming down the front driveway.