If you receive a text message asking you to pay by a certain deadline or electricity supply will be cut, beware, it might be online fraud. Alarmed by increasing complaints of cyber frauds, electricity distribution companies have asked their consumers to not respond to calls made by purported executives, text messages, emails and avoid downloading apps using links. 

Mumbai's Adani Electricity, the Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) and state-owned Mahadiscom have issued alerts, citing complaints from their consumers. Recently, several consumers reported a fishy text message which says the electricity connection will be cut by a certain deadline if the dues are not paid. The messages give individual telephone numbers of officers for contacting, and they then demand payment through a web link or mobile app.