BENGALURU: Two conmen posing as Bangalore Electricity Supply Company (BESCOM) officials hoodwinked a 35-year-old woman, a resident of the upmarket Rest House Road, into giving her debit card which they swiped on a card machine they were carrying. They swiped the card for Rs 9,600 and vanished without fulfilling the promise of a ‘new BESCOM scheme’. The incident happened around 1.45 pm on April 25.
Although the amount involved in the fraud is not too big, it remains to be seen whether there are other victims of this duo in the neighbourhood. They said that they were going door-to-door with a “new scheme” offered by BESCOM, especially for homes of senior citizens. The victim, Anupama Ramana, was alone at home when the two tricksters arrived at her doorstep.
