Case Summary
SMS alerts about immediate power disconnection pushed users into calling scammers or installing remote-access tools.
Year
2022
Fraud Amount
โน5 Crore
Category
Utility
Sources
2 linked
The message usually claims that the customer's electricity supply will be cut off the same day unless urgent payment or verification is completed.
Once the victim calls the listed number, scammers ask them to install an app or share card, OTP or UPI credentials.
The scam spread rapidly because it combines panic, authority and ordinary household dependency on electricity service.
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