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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...
WhatsApp fraud ALERT! Andhra Pradesh woman duped of Rs. 21 lakhs through message link
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WhatsApp fraud ALERT! Andhra Pradesh woman duped of Rs. 21 lakhs through message link

[ad_1] A woman from Andhra Pradesh recently lost Rs. 21 lakhs from her bank account due to a WhatsApp fraud. Here’s what happened. In a bizarre turn of events on August 22, a woman was duped of Rs. 21 lakhs from her bank account after she received a link on WhatsApp from an unknown number. The woman, named Varalakshmi, is a retired teacher and a resident of Annamayya district in Andhra Pradesh. She lost Rs. 21 lakhs from her bank account due to the WhatsApp fraud, according to the local police.Varalakshmi received a link on her WhatsApp from an unknown number. She unknowingly clicked on the link. Soon after, a number of withdrawals were made from her bank account, according to Varalakshmi. The combined sum of money withdrawn ...