Bangkok, The Metropolitan Electricity Authority (MEA) warns the public to be careful of groups of scammers who deceive electricity users by pretending to be officials providing electricity meter replacement services or claiming to be representatives providing various services. The MEA confirms that it has no policy for its employees or representatives to accept electricity bill payments or any service fees outside of its offices in any case.
Mr. Khomkrit Sakrik, Director of Corporate Communications of MEA or the Metropolitan Electricity Authority, said that MEA is concerned and would like to warn the public to be careful of groups of scammers who deceive electricity users, impersonating MEA officials to provide services for changing electricity meters or impersonating representatives to provide various services and collecting service fees via social media channels or other channels that are not MEA service channels. It is recommended to think carefully before making any transactions and confirm that current
ly, MEA has no policy for employees or employee representatives to accept payment of electricity bills or any service fees outside of the office in any case.
MEA would like to warn people not to fall victim to such scams. If you have any questions, you can contact us for more information via various social media channels, including Facebook: Metropolitan Electricity Authority MEA, Line: MEA Connect (@MEAthailand), the real one will have a green shield in front of the name MEA Connect only, X: @mea_news, and the Metropolitan Electricity Authority Call Center Online 1130, available 24 hours a day.
In this regard, if electricity users encounter a group of fraudsters who deceive and cause damage to their property, they should immediately notify the local police officers and be careful about receiving information from communication channels on various social media, which may present incorrect information.
Source: Thai News Agency
