Tarun Karthick
Campbell Bay, 05 July 2022
Electricity Consumers all over Andaman and Nicobar Islands are receiving fake SMS from unknown numbers. The fake SMS informs the consumer that their Electricity Connection will be disconnected tonight at 9:30 Pm because their previous month’s bill was not updated. The SMS also asks the consumer to call the Electricity Officer at a given phone number.
Several different phone numbers are being used in the attempt to fool the electricity consumers of Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
Some consumers have also reported receiving follow-up calls after the fake SMS was sent.
In one such follow-up call, the fraudster tried fooling a consumer from Campbell Bay but did not succeed as the consumer was aware.
Several different types of fraud attempts are reported every day from across the Islands. The Islanders need to be aware and ask the right questions to identify if the call or SMS they receive is part of an attempt to loot them.
Electricity Department through its Twitter handle has warned the consumers to ignore such SMS as they are false and misleading.
Complaints reaching site engineers regarding circulation of suspicious mobile SMS among consumers regarding updating of electricity dues. Consumers are warned & reqested to ignore such messages as they are fake & misleading. Pics of fake sms attached. pic.twitter.com/xCotYEVtD9
— EDANI (@ElectricityANI) July 4, 2022