diff --git a/bin/ngcp-credit-warning b/bin/ngcp-credit-warning
index 1c38d82..cc9758f 100755
--- a/bin/ngcp-credit-warning
+++ b/bin/ngcp-credit-warning
@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
 #!/usr/bin/perl -w
+
 use strict;
+use warnings;
 
+use Email::Sender::Simple qw(sendmail);
 use XML::Simple;
 use Sipwise::DB;
+use Sipwise::Provisioning::Config;
 
-my $CONF = '/etc/ngcp-ossbss/provisioning.conf';
-my $MAIL = '/usr/sbin/sendmail -oi -t';
+my $MTA = '/usr/sbin/sendmail -oi -t';
 
 sub main;
 
@@ -13,9 +16,9 @@ main;
 
 sub main {
   my $xs = new XML::Simple;
-  my $conf = $xs->XMLin( $CONF, ForceArray => 0 );
+  my $conf = Sipwise::Provisioning::Config->new()->get_config();
   my $db = new Sipwise::DB ( $$conf{billingdb} );
-
+  
   $$conf{credit_warnings} = [ $$conf{credit_warnings} ]
       if defined eval { %{$$conf{credit_warnings}} };
 
@@ -34,19 +37,25 @@ sub main {
                         AND a.cash_balance < ?
                   GROUP BY contract_id
                ", $$domcfg{domain}, $$domcfg{threshold});
-
     if(@$contracts) {
       $$domcfg{recipients} = [ $$domcfg{recipients} ]
           unless defined eval { @{$$domcfg{recipients}} };
-      my $mailtxt = "To: ". join(', ', @{$$domcfg{recipients}}) ."\nSubject: Sipwise NGCP credit threshold notification\n\n";
+      
+      my $mailtxt;
       $mailtxt .= "Credit threshold warning for: $$domcfg{domain}\nThe following contracts are below the configured threshold of $$domcfg{threshold} cent:\n\n";
       $mailtxt .= "account_id\tcash_balance\tcash_balance_interval\tsubscribers\n";
       for(@$contracts) {
         $mailtxt .= "$$_{contract_id}\t$$_{cash_balance}\t$$_{cash_balance_interval}\t$$_{subscribers}\n";
       }
-      open MAIL, "|$MAIL" or die $!;
-      print MAIL $mailtxt;
-      close MAIL;
+      
+      sendmail ( Email::Simple->create(
+          header => [
+              To      => join(', ', @{$$domcfg{recipients}}),
+              From    => $$conf{adminmail},
+              Subject => 'Sipwise NGCP credit threshold notification',
+          ],
+          body => $mailtxt,
+      ));
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/bin/ngcp-fraud-auto-lock b/bin/ngcp-fraud-auto-lock
index 7c35b42..e2826fe 100755
--- a/bin/ngcp-fraud-auto-lock
+++ b/bin/ngcp-fraud-auto-lock
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 use strict;
 use warnings;
+
+use Email::Sender::Simple qw(sendmail);
 use Sipwise::Provisioning::Billing;
 
 my %LOCK = (
@@ -17,6 +19,8 @@ my %LOCK = (
 	4 => 'global',
 ); 
 
+my $conf = Sipwise::Provisioning::Config->new()->get_config();
+
 my $o = Sipwise::Provisioning::Billing->new();
 my $db = $o->{database};
 
@@ -58,38 +62,36 @@ for my $e (@$a) {
 	my $cur = sprintf('%.2f', $e->{cash_balance_interval} / 100);
 	my $max = sprintf('%.2f', $e->{fraud_interval_limit} / 100);
 
-	open(SM, '| sendmail -oi -t');
-	my $text = $e->{fraud_interval_lock} ? << "!"
-To: $e->{fraud_interval_notify}
-Subject: Account ID $e->{id} locked by fraud detection
-
-Account ID $e->{id} has been locked due to exceeding the configured
-credit balance threshold ($cur >= $max).
-
-!
-		: <<"!";
-To: $e->{fraud_interval_notify}
-Subject: Account ID $e->{id} exceeding fraud detection limit
-
-Account ID $e->{id} is currently exceeding the configured credit balance
-threshold ($cur >= $max), but has not been locked due to configuration.
-
-!
-	print SM $text;
+    my $body;
+    if ($e->{fraud_interval_lock}) {
+        $body = "Account ID " . $e->{id} . " has been locked due to exceeding the configured" . "\n"
+              . "credit balance threshold ($cur >= $max ).\n\n";
+    }
+    else {
+        $body = "Account ID " . $e->{id} . " is currently exceeding the configured credit balance" . "\n"
+              . "threshold ($cur >= $max), but has not been locked due to configuration.\n\n";
+    }
 
 	if (!$subs || !@$subs) {
-		print SM "There are no affected subscribers.\n";
+		$body .= "There are no affected subscribers.\n";
 	}
 	else {
-		print SM "Affected subscribers:\n";
+		$body .= "Affected subscribers:\n";
 		for my $s (@$subs) {
-			print SM "\t$s->{username}\@$s->{domain}".
+			$body .= "\t$s->{username}\@$s->{domain}".
 				($s->{external_id} ? " (external ID '$s->{external_id}')"
 				: '') . "\n";
 		}
 	}
 
-	close(SM);
+    sendmail ( Email::Simple->create(
+        header => [
+            To      => $e->{fraud_interval_notify},
+            From    => $$conf{adminmail},
+            Subject => 'Account ID ' . $e->{id} . 'locked by fraud detection', 
+        ],
+        body => $body,
+    ));
 }
 
 1;