The Election Commission (EC) on Sunday urged officials involved in election-related activities not to respond to phone calls from fraudsters.
The EC said it has recently been observed that fraudsters are attempting to collect bKash numbers from election officials by promising election-related honorariums.
Fraudulent calls are being made using the phone numbers 01342046232 and 01612677074, according to a PID handout.
CEC sits with representatives of law enforcement, intelligence agencies
The commission said election-related honorariums will be provided to all officials at their respective centres through presiding officers after the voting in the upcoming referendum and national elections, in line with existing rules.
“There is no need to contact any person or organisation for receiving honorariums,” the EC said, urging all officials assigned to the elections to remain vigilant and avoid responding to such calls.