Water company issues warning about fake employee scam
Written by Ken Borsuk, Staff Reporter
A recent incident in Cos Cob has resulted in Aquarion Water Company warning residents to be on the lookout for people falsely claiming to be employees in order to gain access to homes.
According to a release put out by the company on April 5, a woman posed as a water company employee and appeared at the home of a Cos Cob senior citizen. As part of the scam, the woman distracted the homeowner by saying she had to check the water meter because of the recent heavy rainstorms. As they went to check the meter, an accomplice of the woman entered the house and began searching for items to steal. In the company’s press release, it was said the woman continually received calls on her cellular phone from the accomplice and that every time she did she said the meter check would take a “few more minutes” and continually asked questions designed to keep them in the basement and prevent the homeowner from returning upstairs.....
.....Aquarion said in the release that all employees are required to carry photo identification and present it when they are entering a customer’s property. They urged customers to request the identification and study it carefully to insure it matched the face of the person there before letting them into their home. They said if identification is not shown, the supposed employee shouldn’t be let inside.
No arrests have been reported in the case.
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