APAD: A wolf in a sheep's skin

移花接木
楼主 (文学城)

recap this well known proverb just to show one wolf's trick.

Enbridge Gas Inc. is the natural gas supplier for most town and city residents in my area.  We receive monthly bills from Enbridge. Of all the utility equipments in the basement the water heater is rental. It never lacks complains about this rental charges; technically, you can opt out the rental and buy your own water heater; since the water heater is also a gas appliance under the regulations and trade monopoly you have to hire licensed gas service providers to install and service it.  Most people stay with rental but the rental service is from another company called Enercare.  Maybe the water heater is a part on the gas line, Enbridge had collected the rental charges for Enercare, the rental cost is showing as 'Charges from other company' along with the nature gas charge, and we are all used to it. 

For unknown reasons Enercare decided to stop using Enbridge and bill the customers directly. So they sent SMS, paper bills, or maybe emails to their customers, assigned their accounts on Enercare and request payments. This is the text message to me from Enercare.  No big deal, I set up my account, still use direct banking for payment.  

From now Enbridge is Enbridge, Enercare is Enercare. After my first payment I received another similar SMS regarding the same billing of the amount of my monthly rental fee.

I have a feeling of contempt, am I this dumb? could take entercare as enercare?

I wondered how this clumsy trap could ever deceive people? To make an online payment involes a series verifications. Who would just click in and scan a barcode without giving a thought?   

 

 

最西边的岛上
What aStrangeWorld we r in with Faux-naif netIDs everywhere
移花接木
If we were to time travel, it's just normal, deception is ..

along with evolution 

最西边的岛上
bought gasWaterHeater when in安省. self maintained it ....

for 7 years, by just draining condensation water from a strange long narrow pipe of the heater whenever I remembered to do it. 

Never had any iusse, and passed the house inspection with flying colour when the house was sold  

移花接木
had a failed boiler and flooded basement, was replaced
移花接木
literally free of charge
最西边的岛上
wow, no fun 4 (if) finished bsmt.
妖妖灵
Wow, you are eagle-eyed!
移花接木
a small amount on each in a large population base.
妖妖灵
The fake website is cheating. Where to report the website?
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7grizzly
The "$3 cents" should raise the first red flag. Good job
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7grizzly
catching the wolf.
妖妖灵
Y $3cents more? Interest? I guess his native language isn’t
妖妖灵
English
最西边的岛上
2 me, it's the English. dotCa company won't say Canadian ;-)
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7grizzly
How do you know it's a 'he'? :-)))
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7grizzly
Yes. 'Canadian dollars' sounds fishy but I was generous :-)
最西边的岛上
as U r always (or most time, Just joking ;-)))
移花接木
his name is Sarah
最西边的岛上
hahahaha, 效S乐 。。。
移花接木
this may be just a fly at its best
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7grizzly
Haha. He has a month to change back.
最西边的岛上
& heWon't make a bug like this under IT/Engineers' eyes ;-))
移花接木
No, total is 60.03$
天边一片白云
Too many wolfs in sheep’ skin nowadays. Keep eyes open big.
最西边的岛上
yep, open them big & open them wide!
妖妖灵
So, the fake bill is $0.03 more than the real one.
妖妖灵
LOL. 说多人相声呢:)