The Bad PlaceTimes of India | APK scam drains ₹24 lakh from Mysuru senior citizen
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A senior citizen in Mysuru was defrauded of more than ₹24 lakh after fraudsters installed a malicious APK on her smartphone, allowing them to siphon money from her account between February and April 2026; the theft went unnoticed for months because she did not regularly check her bank statements, and the police only discovered it when she visited the bank in May 2026 and was told her balance was insufficient. The CEN police filed an FIR and urged customers to verify their bank statements at least once every three months. The report also cited a separate cyber‑fraud where an import‑export firm was duped into sending payments to a new bank account after fraudsters sent a fake email claiming the beneficiary’s account details had changed, highlighting the importance of confirming such changes directly with the intended recipient.
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