Our continuing coverage of the nasty energy scams being perpetrated by IDT Energy and other firms all over Brooklyn resulted in an email from the State Consumer Protection Board. They’ve produced some information for people and working to stop the practice, although we’d argue they aren’t doing enough or doing it fast enough. In any […]

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Sometimes our readers leave comments that we think are worth of posts. This is one of them. Of course, it has to do with IDT energy scammers. The irony is that the person who was scammed is a former IDT employee. He/she does not identify the neighborhood, which could be anywhere, as they are everywhere: […]

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[Photos courtesy of Katia Kelly/PMFA] We’ve run so many posts about energy scammers running all over Brooklyn lately it makes our blood boil. (Even more so that mainstream media haven’t focused on this story like a laser beam and that consumer protect officials haven’t gone after these people like crazed jackals.) Here’s a really helpful […]

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Another day, another tale of IDT Energy Scammers. This one comes from a GL reader who is also a reliable source and contributor about an unwelcome visit: Uggghhhh…. Horrible…. I had a guy come by yesterday nearly two weeks after my first report. Told him to leave. Stared me down and kept on buzzing people […]

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“just as i was leaving my apt. for the holidays i was met by an IDT employee, who apologized for coming on christmas and proceeded to go through the whole sales pitch. i declined and he moved on, but it was weird nonetheless. just want people to be alert for this.” [GL Inbox]

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This came in from Park Slope yesterday afternoon and tells us that (surprise) the slimy energy scammers that have been working their asses off all over Brooklyn trying to rip people off are still out there: “A male-and-female team of IDT Energy reps just rang our door bell (Thursday, 2 p.m.). I told them to […]

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Ah, it’s not just IDT Energy that is making people insane and/or possibly scamming them. No, companies are giving people gas, so to speak, as well. Per an email on the Carroll Garden Neighborhood Association list with the subject line “Making Me Crazy!” we have this: I have received in person and now, phone solicitations […]

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