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Sales rep/installer fraud
signing on behalf of the customer
pushing bad deals through to meet their own bonus/volume goals.
knowingly allowing dead, not present, or otherwise uninvolved parties to sign a contract.
making false claims
knowingly misrepresenting facts
Falsified PTO letters
Credit Consent
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Communicate with the customer about the claim:
Share in their frustration, but do not apologize or accept blame. (“I understand you must be frustrated” instead of “I’m so sorry this is happening”)
Do not place blame on the installer or sales rep (instead state that you are going to be looking into this and working with the installer, etc.)
Make sure that the customer understands that we are the financier and not the installer (but we will help them when dealing with an installer issue)
Get a detailed account of the customer’s claim.
Ask the customer to share any evidence they have, including:
Email, text, or other communications with the installer/sales rep or other parties
Supporting documentation such as additional contracts with the installer/sales rep or other parties
Gather all prior communications with the customer.
Gather corroborating evidence to validate the claim (may include):
Review the contract documents in DocuSign and compare:
Email addresses for signers
Check DocuSign certificate.
If the email address used for sales rep matches customer’s, this is corroborating evidence to support the claim.
IP addresses for signers
Check DocuSign certificate.
If the IP address for homeowner is different than the one used for the sales rep, this is corroborating evidence to support the claim.
Listen to the Welcome Call
Note any red flags.
Compare the voice on the welcome call to other voice communications with the customer.
If questionable, download the calls for further review.
Google the customer if there is any question that the homeowner does not tie to the property.
Obtain a Death Certificate when necessary.
Reach out to the customer to determine if the system is operational when necessary.
In cases of suspected Fraud
Immediately notify Compliance Compliance Escalation SOP
Present all data collected from the initial investigation.
Compliance will decide if the user’s access will be temporarily removed pending further investigation.
Compliance will determine what outreach objectives are required, if any.
False Promises
Agents may receive complaints from homeowners regarding “fake promises” such as they never received products or services they were promised, they didn’t receive the savings that they were promised, etc.
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DO NOT make additional promises to the homeowner. |
The agent should create a ticket and tag the ticket by using the label ‘Promises’ so that these complaints are tracked.
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