Person who paid the electric bill online lost Rs. 2.14 lakh..!?

Sowmiya Sriram
Person who paid the electric bill online lost Rs. 2.14 lakh..!?

In today's technological world, the facility of completing all the tasks online has come. But at the same time, as much as technology has grown, everyone should understand that the risk is growing. We must be very careful while doing money transactions online, otherwise, the entire amount in our bank account will be fraudulent. It is also significant that awareness is being created that there is a risk. In this situation, the information that 2.14 lakhs has been defrauded from the bank account of a person who paid an electric bill online has caused a great shock.
A man from maharashtra received a text message from the electricity board on his phone saying that he should pay the electricity bill of his house immediately or else his electricity connection will be disconnected the next day. After this, when he contacted the mobile number mentioned in the text message, the person on the other end said that they were speaking from the electricity office, and the app they were sent immediately. He also said that he should install it and pay the electric bill.
Believing this, the person from maharashtra clicked on the link and installed the app. After that, the person requested to pay the electric bill into it and he was shocked to know that the next minute after paying the electric bill from his bank account Rs.2.14 lakhs was defrauded. After this, when he tried to contact the person again on his mobile phone, the mobile phone was switched off. Later, he filed a complaint at the police station, and based on this complaint, the police registered a case and are investigating.
Awareness is being raised to ignore calls and links from strangers as it is very difficult for the cyber crime police to detect such online fraudsters. Online payment of the electric bill and telephone bill should be done only through the respective official website or app. Please note that no electricity board or telephone office staff will send any link for this purpose.
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