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Con Man Caught In The Act
posted (April 11, 2014)
A man has been going around Belize City impersonating a BEL collection agent. His con is that he tells residential home owners that he can get their light bills discounted - they just have to give him the bill and the money, and he'll get it done. After that he disappears, with the money and the bill never to be seen again. The man presents himself with a bogus ID to facilitate the scam.

Reports of this sort have been going around for weeks - but this morning one sharp Belize City resident put a stop to his game. The Buttonwood Bay resident told the man to hold on while he got his money together. The resident used that time to call police who responded quickly and picked up the man.

Despite our best efforts, police have not provided any further details, but BEL did send out a release today.

It says that BEL advises customers to request proper Identification card - one that looks like this - from any person claiming to be a BEL employee or contractor. Any and every BEL employee claiming to be conducting work on behalf of the power company can be asked to present a valid identification card.

But the company's statement stressed, that BEL employees and contractors are not authorized to and will NEVER request payment for services conducted at customers' premises.

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