
分電盤の点検を装った不安をあおる商法によるトラブルが急増し、昨年度の全国消費生活センターへの相談件数は6545件と2年前から160倍超に。関東を中心に東北南部から東海、九州などにも拡大しており、国民生活センターは注意を呼び掛けている。
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分電盤の点検を持ち掛けて不安をあおる「点検商法」によるトラブルが激増しており、昨年度の全国消費生活センターへの相談件数は6545件と2年前から160倍以上に増加している。
分電盤の点検を持ち掛けて、不安をあおるなどして交換工事を契約させる「点検商法」を巡るトラブルが激増している。昨年度に全国の消費生活センターに寄せられた相談は6545件で、その2年前から160倍超に。2024年度はほぼ関東だけだったのが、東北南部から東海、九州などにも広がっており、国民生活センターは注意を呼び掛けている。
葬儀の料金トラブル絶えず 小規模化も「見積書の確認を」
国民生活センターによると、分電盤の点検商法に関する相談は23年度の39件から、24年度に1290件、昨年度は6545件と激増。今年度は7月末時点で計2223件に上り、前年同期を上回っている。
昨年度は70代以上が8割を占めており、契約当事者の地域別では南関東(4193件)と北関東(819件)で4分の3に上る一方、九州北部(380件)や九州南部・沖縄(305件)、東海(234件)、東北南部(219件)でも目立った。
70代女性は、電力会社を名乗る業者からの電話で点検に応じたところ、「耐用年数が法律で決まっている。漏電したら大変なことになる」と交換を勧められた。約14万円で工事を契約したが、電力会社に確認すると、無関係の業者だった。
同センターの担当者は「契約前に複数業者に見積もりを取り、信用できる業者に依頼することが重要だ」と指摘。住宅用分電盤の使用期限を定めた法律はなく、電気事業法に基づく法定点検は一般家庭で4年に1回無料で行われるが、調査員が交換工事の契約を持ち掛けることはないという。
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
分電盤点検商法による相談件数は今年度も増加傾向が続くと見込まれる
Likely · Within months

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