Fuel scam draws concern; pump delivers a trickle but running numbers show otherwise

 

THE RECENT ceasefire between the United States and Iran offers a welcome pause in what has been a highly volatile and disruptive period for global markets.

While the ceasefire is undoubtedly a positive development, it does not signal an immediate end to the energy crisis. 

Nations will continue to scrimp on fuel and food prices among other things will rise, never to fall again.

While this is expected, here comes an unexpected development as seen in an alarming video post on X by netizen @mynewshub.

In the video, a customer could be seen raising the pump nozzle while attempting to fill the tank of his vehicle.

Even though the numbers were running quickly on the pump display, there was only a trickle coming out of the nozzle.

And here lies the problem since many customers simply shove the nozzle into their vehicle and not check if fuel is flowing out of it.

Is the petrol station running some sort of scam on its customers or is this a genuine problem due to a malfunction in the pump machine?

Regardless, netizens are alarmed by this story as we could have been short-changed and are unaware of it.

Even more frightening is the fact that more netizens are coming forth to point out several other petrol stations that are having the same problem.

“This is the same at the Penchala highway,” said @Fiftycents54265, tagging Petronas in his comment.

Netizen @Fiftycents54265 continued, stating that he would fill up to RM80 there and receive about 530km in mileage, but elsewhere, it is RM570 and above.

“I got this many times. I thought I was the only one when I fueled up at Shell,” said @reiji_yoshino.

Then there was netizen @joeydaud1 advising people to “test pump” if they feel suspicious. And if it was less, they can request for a top up.

“It happened before like this. Fueled up my car for RM50, but it is air. I told the staff and the staff placed his card in and helped refuel again,” said @imohdamir12.

Alarmed by the current development, @konspirasist requested that these whistle blowers normalise sharing the location of these stations.

If this story is true, Malaysians have a good deal to worry about. All our lives, too many of us have placed our faith completely on the running numbers on the petrol pump. 

Does this mean we will have to partially remove the nozzle and physically sight the fuel coming out from now on? — Focus Malaysia