(KRON) — The East Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD) is warning residents of individuals pretending to be EBMUD representatives and asking to enter individuals’s houses. These false representatives have proven up at individuals’s doorways saying they should check their faucet water in Richmond and Oakland, in line with the company.
“These are not EBMUD employees,” the utility mentioned in a information launch.
EBMUD mentioned its upkeep workers won’t ever ask to enter your house. Employees repairing pipelines in your neighborhood might knock in your door to inform you about work within the space, “but will never ask to enter your home,” EBMUD mentioned.
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Within the occasion of a plumbing inspection, a water conservation audit, or a faucet water check, EBMUD workers will schedule a go to. “If this visit is not scheduled or if you are suspicious, do not open the door,” EBMUD mentioned.
Many EBMUD workers are uniformed, though not all. Nonetheless, all workers of the utility carry identification with their identify, photograph, and worker quantity seen. All upkeep automobiles are clearly marked with the EBMUD brand.
EBMUD recommends that for those who suspect somebody is impersonating one in every of its workers, you name the utility at 1-866-403-2683 to substantiate. If an EBMUD worker is at your door and asks to come back in, ask for his or her identification and the aim of their go to.
