Maharashtra electricity board issues advisory on fraudulent messages to customers

The Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited (MSEDCL) has issued an advisory to consumers alerting them of fraudulent messages from fake numbers containing embedded links and asking them not to respond to these. The state power supply utility said that customers have been receiving fraudulent messages saying that their power supply would be cut for non-payment of bills.

The MSEDCL said that a lot of its consumers have been receiving messages, most of these in Marathi, which apart from non-payment of bills use pretexts like “previous bill not updated”. These messages are being sent from personal phone numbers and sometimes contain embedded links or ask customers to contact WhatsApp numbers or email addresses, said the MSEDCL.