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Is This A Scam Or From British Gas?
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Telephone number 07786200698. ‘From British Gas. To make sure your consumption is charged as accurately as possible ahead of any price changes, could you please reply with a Gas and Elec Meter Reading in the following format G1234 or G12345 E12345. Thanks, your British Gas Team.’
Sent as a message and yes I am with British Gas but number comes up as a scam….. thanks all.
Sent as a message and yes I am with British Gas but number comes up as a scam….. thanks all.
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even the wise bods on AB are telling you to photo the meters
but this is a scam
so send onto [email protected].
well spotted
even the wise bods on AB are telling you to photo the meters
but this is a scam
so send onto [email protected].
well spotted
>>> Royal Mail, NHS, British Gas, will never contact you from a mobile number
Somebody had better tell all of the NHS services that call me from mobile numbers about that then! My GP's surgery often calls from a mobile number and the hospital pharmacy always calls me from a mobile number, as do several other departments at Ipswich Hospital and also callers about Covid vaccination appointments.
Some 07 numbers are premium rate ones, rather than mobile numbers, so it's always wise to be wary of calling them. However 07786 is a regular Vodafone number (or a number that's been transferred from Vodafone to another service provider, as my own 07786 number has been), so whatever scam is being tried here isn't one where people are tricked into paying for expensive calls.
However submitting meter readings to British Gas (or to any other energy provider) today is actually something that's being legitimately encouraged
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It seems though that the vast number of people trying to submit meter readings online today has knocked several company's servers offline. The websites of British Gas, EDF and Shell Energy (or, at least, their 'meter readings' sections), are among those that have crashed today.
Somebody had better tell all of the NHS services that call me from mobile numbers about that then! My GP's surgery often calls from a mobile number and the hospital pharmacy always calls me from a mobile number, as do several other departments at Ipswich Hospital and also callers about Covid vaccination appointments.
Some 07 numbers are premium rate ones, rather than mobile numbers, so it's always wise to be wary of calling them. However 07786 is a regular Vodafone number (or a number that's been transferred from Vodafone to another service provider, as my own 07786 number has been), so whatever scam is being tried here isn't one where people are tricked into paying for expensive calls.
However submitting meter readings to British Gas (or to any other energy provider) today is actually something that's being legitimately encouraged
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It seems though that the vast number of people trying to submit meter readings online today has knocked several company's servers offline. The websites of British Gas, EDF and Shell Energy (or, at least, their 'meter readings' sections), are among those that have crashed today.