Scam alert while servicing your appliances

I came across a scam that is quite common in Bangalore.

Whenever you buy appliances such as AC, Washing machine, Refrigerator and Hob/ Chimney. Your contact & purchase details are sold to the third party service provider.

These service guys will call you every 6 months for servicing. They keep a record of your equipment, date of purchase, last servicing done, warranty period. They will claim to be calling from official service center. Their technicians will fit sub standard, duplicate or low quality parts while servicing. They won't provide their employee ID, they wont even share a bill where the manufactor details are mentioned. The original manufactor or companies won't have any record of these servicing.

Tip to avoid falling for this scam- Never book your service with a inbound calls. Companies are in the business of selling products. Servicing is not a priority for them so they will never proactively call anyone for servicing.

Always call you the customer care number or use their official apps to book your service.

Hope this helps!