Eskom Impersonation Alert!

Please be aware we are seeing increasing incidences of criminals impersonating representatives from various companies such as Telkom, Eskom, security agencies, banking institutions, etc. in order to gain access into residential homes.

The latest incident took place in Helderkruin, where two men posed as Eskom employees carrying out standard checks. Three laptops were stolen and the ADT alarm system was also tampered with.

ADT encourages all clients to ensure that your domestic staff understand the danger of allowing strangers into your property. If there is any doubt as to the validity of the visitor, your domestic worker should be advised to contact you immediately to verify the request or, alternatively call the ADT control room on 086 12 12 400 for assistance.

Please also be aware of another group of armed criminals who enter estates or complexes under the guise of representing financial institutions to conduct evaluations or inspections.

At times, this group of criminals has also been known to pose as meter readers from a company called "African Meter Readers", or they use a service provider such as Johannesburg Water, City Power or Eskom as their identity. ADT has instructed guards to inspect the boot of all vehicles before allowing entry as it is believed that this is the modus operandi used for gaining access.

It is also believed that this gang has access to a variety of vehicles and change vehicles within minutes from site to site. The list below gives a guideline of the vehicles believed to be in use. Please note however that there may be additional vehicles.

VEHICLE DESCRIPTION REGISTRATION NAMES

Silver LEXUS 114 IS 200 VLZ 450 GP Tebogo

Silver LEXUS 114 IS 200 MDX 196 GP Tebogo

Black HONDA FRV MLB 845 GP Tebogo

White TOYOTA Corolla RYJ 748 GP Unknown

White TOYOTA Tazz Unknown Unknown

Light Blue VOLKSWAGEN Polo Unknown Unknown

Silver POLO Playa Unknown Unknown

White BMW 325 CI VYL 537 GP Samuel

VOLKSWAGEN Sharan/Taran? 4x4 TMC 131 GP Peter

Silver NISSAN 4x4 Unknown Unknown

ADT stresses that should you encounter any of the above vehicles or should you be suspicious of a situation, please call for verification and back up. Please also notify ADT on 086 12 12 400 or the SAPS of any sightings so that these criminals can be tracked and handed over to the SAPS.

It is a good idea to programme our Armed Response Emergency number 086 12 12 401 into your cell phone for quick and easy access to ADT Security. We would like to highlight that this line should only be used for an emergency