Novosibirsk pensioners are asked to be more attentively and not to believe advertisements in which commercial organizations offer to conduct urgent verification of household appliances or clean the sewer uniform system.
"The people of old age risk becoming a victim of fraudsters who are offered to purchase goods and services at overpriced prices, often poor-quality," experts are warned by the specialists of the consumer rights department.
Housing and communal services - one of the most attractive areas for fraudsters. People believe the loud names of firms with the adjective "federal" and are worried about the fact that the law may violate.
For example, at homes, in the entrances or in the mailboxes, it is often possible to see ads that some federal service conducts verification of accounting devices. Firms offering this type of service do not indicate any information about themselves and leave only a phone number for communication.
It should be remembered that the calibration of water metering can conduct an authorized organization for this type of activity - the Federal Budgetary Institution "State Regional Center for Standardization, Metrology and Testing in the Novosibirsk Region", a resource-channel organization - MUP "Gorvodokanal", or housing and operational sites (HFA). Calibration of accounting devices is simply not done. It is done only after the expiration of the deadlines specified in the instrument's technical passport.
Another service that fraudsters in the housing and utilities sphere is offered - cleaning the sewer system. As a rule, ads in which residents of the house are asked to urgently apply for sewage cleaning, hang at the entrance to the entrance. In this case, you need to call urgently, since work on overall cleaning will be carried out in certain dates. At the same time, at the bottom of the announcement indicate that this service is only after the preparation of the contract and payment. It is important to know, the sewer system is part of the generalicity of which the management company is engaged in the content.
If you have become a victim of criminal actions of such organizations, it is necessary to apply to the Office of Rospotrebnadzor in the Novosibirsk Region at 8-800-555-49-43 (around the clock).