Hyderabad, Aug. 1 -- Telangana State Southern Power Distribution Company Limited (TSSPDCL) CMD Raghuma Reddy has cautioned the customers to beware of the fake calls or messages regarding the payments of the electricity bills.

In an advisory to the customers, the CMD said that he had come across some of the fake messages made by some fraudulent persons in the name of electricity officials requesting payments of the pending electricity bills.

Reddy said that these fraudulent callers while calling to the customers give an ultimatum that if they do not pay the electricity bills their connections will be disconnected.

He added that these fake callers ask for bank account details, debit card, and credit card numbers, etc., and then withdraw ...