Fraud: Cases of cyber fraud are increasing rapidly in the country. Scammers are now adopting new methods of cheating. In such a situation, a new method of cheating has come to light recently. In this, criminals are cheating people in the name of electricity checking. They come to your house to check as Electricity Department and after that they cheat you by threatening you. Cases of digital arrest to online fraud have increased rapidly in the country.
How is cheating happening
For your information, let us tell you that criminals come to your house to check electricity. After this, they tell you that your meter is showing very low reading, after which they will tell you that you have tampered with the meter. After this, to scare you, they say that now the police will be called and a case of 420 will be filed against you, due to which many times people get scared. After scaring, the criminals demand money from the people.
They tell people to give 50 thousand or 1 lakh and the matter will be settled right there. In such a situation, many times people give money to the fraudsters out of fear and become victims of scam.
This is the way to avoid it
- To avoid such fraud, you will have to be very cautious.
- If you have the slightest doubt about a person coming from the electricity department, immediately call the police by dialling 112.
- Never give money to the electricity department people.
- You can demand their ID from those people.
- After this, if you have any doubts, you can immediately call your nearest electricity department and find out about them.
- In case of a scam, a police report should be filed immediately.
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