heads up
Don't panic if a stranger shows up at your door sometime in the next few months asking how many people live in your home. They work for the
Census Bureau, not IDT, and they're starting their decennial door-knocking party to figure out how big a slice of the federal government's annual $300 billion pork pie your community deserves.
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scams
Just a quick heads up to everyone that
IDT has nothing of value to offer you, so if someone claiming to be from IDT (or any other energy company that's not the one you already buy energy from) comes to your door and asks to see your bill, give them a good how do you do and send them on their way. I've had IDT scammers hit my building
twice in the past two weeks, and just now returned from throwing them out of the building a few minutes ago.
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corrections
Part of our job here as we incorporate The Conglomerist into the fold of Haberdasher Communications (tagline: let's keep it under our hat, shall we?) is to clean up some of the ethical missteps taken by The Consumerist, particularly with regards to its notoriously corrupt photo selection department. Dipping into the mailbag, Marc writes:
An avid reader of your website, I was a little bit concerned by the choice of picture to illustrate the "IDT Energy Scamming Spreads Past New York City" story.
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new york
A reader on Manhattan's Upper West Side spotted an IDT
energy salesman going door-to-door this week. The tipster nabbed a copy of IDT's enrollment forms so you know what to look for when the scammy salesmen try to wrangle you into signing up for services that can triple the cost of your energy bill. The IDT representative said he was winding his way north to the tip of Manhattan with plans to reach 125th Street in time for Christmas.
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prepaid
Pre-paid Mastercards are not a very consumer friendly item to begin with, but IDT's "Sigo" pre-paid Mastercard takes the cake. Some of the fees involved:
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breaking
A reader reports IDT
Energy is knocking on doors right now (7:45 PM, Monday, Oct 9th) in Brooklyn, around 3rd and Bergen.
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Consumerist
Energy scammers are still stalking the good people of Brooklyn, according to the Gowanus Lounge. Not only are they going door-to-door, but now they're calling, too. Remember: if some stranger calls claiming that they are from a company you do business with and asks you to "confirm you account information," tell them you'll call them back at their usual number and hang up. [Gowanus Lounge] (Thanks, Chris!)
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