Yogesh K Porwar & Avanth Kumar Kankariya
After a brief period of stop gap,the electricity bill payment scam returned and continue unabated despite repeated awareness campaign by BESCOM and police .
Aravind Kumar,a 56-year-old businessman from Chamarajapet filed a complaint with the West Division cyber crime police on Saturday stating that he has been cheated of Rs.4.9 lakh on the pretext getting online electricity bill payment.
Mr.Kumar,said that the accused posing as BESCOM official called on his mobile to inform that if he did not pay the electricity bill immediately,the power connection will be disconnected.
Shocked Kumar asked him for option for which the accused sent him a link to download Teamviewer and quick support mobile app.
As soon as the app was downloaded in Kumar’s mobile the accused accessed his bank account details and transferred the money to his bank account online.
Kumar has provided the details of the bank transactions based on which the police are trying to track down the accused .
In a similar case,M Bangaraswamy, advisor to water resource department lost Rs.99,500 to the conman on Monday.
The accused called Mr.Banggaraswamy to inform that the power connection will be disconnected if he did not pay the bill immediately.
The accused during the conversation accessed the bank account details and withdrew the money.
It can be recalled that the cyber crime police and BESCOM officials in August this year urged its consumers to ignore any text regarding discontinuation of electricity supply owing to non-payment of bills.Such text messages are fake.
Bescom does not send text messages to insist on payment of bills.
