Fraudsters have found a new way to fleece people amid the COVID-19 pandemic through emails about electricity bills. A 31-year-old Worli resident, Amit Pawaskar, who runs Aarey Kendra and is a cybercrime consultant, complained to the cyber police and electricity department after receiving an email asking him to check his electricity bill through a link on Monday.

A Kandivli resident, Ganesh Mapuskar, also received the same mail on Tuesday. The mail had the following text: "With recent global developments, electricity department in India has not taken meter reading for the month of March. Also, it is also not confirmed that meter readings were taken correctly in the month of April. You have to check your current bill....click on link."