There is an absolute overdrive to combat online cons misusing bulk messaging facilities to dupe the public.

Maharashtra Cyber officers said in a report that they have taken to sending mass messages after observing the latest trend of cybercrimes. One is the electricity problem—“you have not paid your power bill and power will be cut off” scam. Another con game is telling targets their bank accounts will be frozen pending KYC. They need to dial a number and then, they lose money.