“We just received a report internally from the fire department...there are people on the move who are working their way from house to house and want to check whether the smoke detectors, which have been legally required since January, are there...don't let them in and call the police...an organized criminal gang!! !!!!”
The screenshot above was published on October 15, 2016.
But wait. There was something there!
Let’s “turn the pages” back. It was at the beginning of the year when we reported on this exact topic. It said:
Warnings about fraudsters posing as firefighters, going from house to house and pretending to want to check smoke detectors are dripping from every channel.
No such incident has been specifically reported to the police, but everyone who spread the news agrees: this can only be done to spy on the house in order to break in.
This message is controlled and shared via most of the available Internet media. At the same time, the “crime scenes” are not exactly everywhere, but at least in almost everywhere.
The list of those passing on the warning reads like a who's who of renowned populations. Everyone “shares”, as it is called today, everyone warns, but no one knows where something actually happened. Police investigations into the originator of the warning have so far been unsuccessful.
Many people can still name the direct contact, but at some point the trace of how this is a fake gets lost in the sand; or to stay in the picture, also in the smoke.
Now this fake isn't a completely bad piece of content; we've had much more painful experiences in the last few days, weeks and months.
And reminding people in this way that they shouldn't let anyone into the house that they don't know is at least not entirely wrong.
That's why it's very clear at this point: there are no checks as to whether the required smoke detectors are installed or not.
But the smoke detectors provide the best service, so please install them where they are missing. Even without control pressure.
And if the false inspectors so often quoted here do show up, notifying the police is still more effective, even in this day and age, than sending a text message that you just got from somewhere.
No matter how trustworthy the sender is, their trust could also have been abused.
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