Bescom electricity bill payment scam: 2 persons cheated of ₹2.3 lakh
The Hindu
Bescom has urged its consumers to ignore any text regarding discontinuation of electricity supply owing to non-payment of bills. Such text messages are fake. Bescom does not send text messages to insist on payment of bills
The bill payment scam continues to haunt consumers of the Bangalore Electricity Supply Company (Bescom).
Sriram K.V., 56, a resident of Vidyaranyapura, lost ₹1.5 lakh to a man who approached him posing as Bescom staff and stole the money on July 17.
In his complaint, Sriram said that he had received a message from a person claiming to be from Bescom. The person sought an update on the bill payment. The message warned of disconnection of power supply if an update was not submitted.
Sriram contacted the person through a number mentioned in the message. The person, on the pretext of helping him make an online payment, asked Sriram to transfer ₹11 using a link that he shared.
Within a few minutes of the transactions, Sriram received a message about a transaction of ₹1.5 lakh from his bank account. Shocked, he tried to call the number, but it was not reachable.
Realising that he had been cheated, Sriram approached the North East division cyber crime police on July 18.
According to sources, in the North East division alone, there have been 10 such cases in one month.
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