An electrician from Bhadrachalam lost Rs. 55,894 after installing a fake APK file sent through WhatsApp claiming to be an RTA challan. Police registered a case under the BNS and ITA, while the victim alerted the cyber crime helpline.
A 74-year-old businessman from Santoshnagar, Hyderabad, lost Rs 10 lakh after fraudsters posing as officials of the Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board tricked him into installing a malicious APK file.