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CFE Warns of Widespread Impersonation Scams Online

CFE clarifies how to verify communications to avoid impersonation.

Overview

  • The utility urges users to ignore messages or individuals offering gifts, discounts, raffles or debt cancellations presented in its name.
  • CFE states it never asks for banking data in ads, transfers to personal accounts, extraordinary returns, debt elimination or payment exemptions.
  • Identified schemes include phishing links to fake bill pages, counterfeit social profiles, bogus job offers, false representatives seeking deposits and fraudulent investment pitches.
  • CFE lists its only official verification channels as the 071 phone line, the cfe.gob.mx website, the CFE Contigo app and verified social accounts labeled CFE Nacional, cfemx and cfe_nacional.
  • On investments, the company says the sole legitimate vehicle is CFE Fibra E accessed through authorized financial intermediaries, not through social‑media advertisements.