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HELDERBERG RESIDENTS have been warned to be vigilant about visits from bogus City officials. The City of Cape Town is concerned about a recent report of criminals posing as City Electricity Services workers to gain access to a home.

What lulls potential victims into a false sense of security, is the fact that the criminals often wear clothing carrying City insignia.

Bona fide City employees will telephone before visiting premises in the course of their duties and are expected to display prominently their City identity cards. They will always have with them documents on City of Cape Town letterheads relating to the specific address they are visiting.

Residents are perfectly at liberty to deny access even to people carrying these credentials until such time as they have been able to verify their identity by phoning the relevant municipal department.

Charles Cooper, the City's media spokesperson, says that unless householders have previously contacted the City about water or electricity problems, the chances of an unannounced visit by City workers are non-existent and should be an immediate cause for suspicion.

"Also, if a resident has complained, they would have been supplied with a reference number which the official would quote upon arrival."

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