{
  "id": 12592465,
  "title": "ECG warns customers against fake meter sales, MoMo scams",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/ecg-warns-customers-against-fake-meter-sales-momo-scams",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-07T09:12:28.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "GBC Ghana",
    "slug": "gbc-ghana",
    "url": "https://www.gbcghanaonline.com/general/ecg-warns-customers-against-fake-meter-sales-momo-scams/2026/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "By: Mabel Adorkor Annang The Electricity Company of Ghana, ECG, has warned customers against fraudsters selling fake meters and demanding payments through personal mobile money accounts. The company says scammers are posing as ECG staff or agents and using phone calls, WhatsApp and social media platforms, including TikTok, to defraud unsuspecting customers. General Manager for […]",
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      {
        "outlet": "3News",
        "title": "ECG warns public against fake meter sales and mobile money fraud scams",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/ecg-warns-public-against-fake-meter-sales-and-mobile-money-fraud-scams",
        "published": "2026-10-07T04:44:10.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Starr FM",
        "title": "Never send money to private MoMo numbers, use only official channels – ECG Warns",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/never-send-money-to-private-momo-numbers-use-only-official-channels",
        "published": "2026-10-07T10:44:34.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}