The city police on Tuesday issued an alert about fraudsters who have found a new way to dupe people — by sending text messages saying their power supply would be snapped and asking them to call a member to settle the matter.
“Do not respond to such fabricated messages. Please report all such instances at our Cyber police station WhatsApp number 8100796519,” read a message posted by Kolkata police on their Facebook page and Twitter handle Tuesday.
The police said they had received several such cases where people have received text messages saying: “Dear customer your electricity power will be disconnected tonight at 10.30pm from electricity office because your previous month bill was not updated. Please immediately contact with our electricity officer 916xxxx962.”
