Krishnagiri woman loses Rs 5 lakh in ‘APK’ scam
KRISHNAGIRI: A 43- year-old woman near Pochampalli lost Rs 5 lakh after she clicked on a fake Android Package Kit (APK) file sent by cyber fraudsters on WhatsApp.
Police sources told TNIE that Mariyammal (name changed) received the fake APK file — ‘PM Kishan Apk’ —on Monday. Thinking it was an original APK file related to the scheme, she clicked on the link and lost Rs 5 lakh from her bank account in a single transaction within few days. She then complained with the Krishnagiri cybercrime police on Saturday, and a case was booked under BNS and the Information Technology Act.
