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Linguist for the Diabene, Okyeame Kwame<\/strong>, also known as Dodoonara, has explained how he was duped as he was asked to pay GH\u00a2100 via Mobile Money to the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) Pay Point before a meter he applied for can be fixed for him.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n A lot of people have fallen victim to these fraudsters who portray themselves as a credible source for payment to be made to and Okyeame Kwame fell for them too.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n In an interview with Connect FM, last week, the linguist narrated how he was asked by the supposed ECG agent to send GH\u00a2100 through MoMo to the ECG Pay point.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n In his narration, the necessity in seeking a new meter came to play when his old three-phase meter developed a fault.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n He was then advised to go to ECG to get his issue solved.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n After four months of follow-ups, he received a call from ECG in Takoradi to come for the new meter.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n He went to the facility the next day at 10:00 am and sat there till 6:00 pm in anticipation of getting someone to go with him to his residence to install the meter.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n But there was a disappointment as he was told to turn up the next day.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n He said he received a call later from a fraudster who asked him to send GH\u00a2100 mobile money to a number and the name that will pop out is ECG Pay point, a directive that sounded credible only for him to realize it was a scam.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n He noted that after sending the money, the recipient never showed up and this was confirmed when he visited ECG to narrate the issue to them.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cWhen I realized later that l had been swindled by fraudsters, l quickly rushed to ECG where an official told me the company does not recognize e-payment and it is not part of the process when applying for a meter,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n