Hyderabad: Cyber crooks are at it again—this time conning two Hyderabad residents out of more than ₹2.7 lakh using fake apps and phoney customer service calls.
In one case, a 50-year-old woman from Ameerpet got a call from someone claiming to be with RBL Bank. The pitch? A credit card limit boost to ₹5 lakh. All she had to do was download a file they sent her.
That file turned out to be a trap. Within minutes of entering her card info, ₹1.28 lakh was siphoned from two of her accounts.
The second case played out a little differently but ended the same. A 56-year-old man from Asifnagar was trying to troubleshoot a failed transaction on the Super Money app. He Googled a support number, but the line connected him straight to fraudsters. They sent him an APK file too, masked as a fix. He followed the steps and lost ₹1.43 lakh.
Cybercrime ACP Shivamaruthi said both victims were duped by scammers using APK files to mimic legit apps. Once installed, these files give criminals access to sensitive banking details.
It’s part of a growing scam wave preying on people looking for help—and getting robbed instead.
