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WhatsApp electricity bill scam: Users getting alerts to clear dues
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WhatsApp electricity bill scam: Users getting alerts to clear dues

[ad_1] Fraudsters are sending WhatsApp messages to users to clear their electricity bills. Beware of such messages and don’t fall prey to them. Do you pay your electricity bill online? If yes, then beware! Fraudsters are tricking users into paying fake electricity bills via WhatsApp messages. Hackers are trying different ways to attack people online and the new way is sending them fake electricity bills. Since the electricity board sends messages to users to remind them to pay their electricity bills on time, hackers have been using fake WhatsApp messages asking them to pay their electricity bill or their electricity connection will be suspended. Several Twitter users have reported this scam.As shared on Twitter, such messages are being sent via SMS or WhatsApp. When these numbers are...