We were told about the ways to cheat at gas stations. Don’t get caught!

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The desire to make extra money illegally is still alive among the owners and employees of Russian gas stations, experts at Roskachestvo’s consumer rights protection department say. There are many ways to do this – from selling diluted fuel and ending up with a miscalculation when paying.

But the most common are the numerous schemes for filling the tank with too little fuel.

With software

The malware is controlled from a remote server. The program starts working after the operators of the gas station at the cash registers choose the required combination of characters. After the change, they also disable the program. In this case, the program itself destroys the traces of its activities. And consumers do not notice underfilling as it is 3-7% of the paid volume.

With the help of a dispatcher

When “refueling” the worker can decant the last drops for a long time, activating the automatic protective shutdown of the gun. At the same time, the numbers on the column quickly change, but practically nothing gets into the car’s tank. Therefore, it is better not to refuel until the cut-off or to stop immediately after the first operation.

Hose with hole

This is another interesting trick. Fraudsters put a valve on the filling hose or make a small hole in the top part, through which air can be sucked in during refueling. After refueling is completed, an air column is formed in the hose, which can hold several hundred grams of fuel.

Column error correction


According to existing standards, the error in measuring the fuel dosed can be up to 50 ml for every 10 liters. Even at the stage of installing a new gas station, the controllers change the volume of the measuring piston chamber to the same 50 ml. It is impossible for regulators to fathom such an underfill, when the scale of the theft is truly impressive.

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Roskachestvo warns that they can cheat at any gas station and at any time of the day. If you have a suspicion, you can request a control sample from the manager of the gas station. You are obliged to provide a measuring cup or ruler. The manager must take a control sample in the presence of the driver and two witnesses.


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