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Inquiry revealed he had downloaded the .apk file by clicking on the wedding invitation card. The retired auditor stated in his FIR that he was alone at home when he received a message on his messaging application from a number similar to his nephew’s cellphone number. He opened the message and saw an online wedding invitation card. When he approached Pune cyberpolice, “A police officer checked his phone and found an .apk file downloaded on his cellphone.
The elderly man lodged a complaint with the Kothrud police on Sunday.
It was a remote-access software link, and the complainant ended up sharing his banking credentials with the fraudsters after downloading it,” said an officer from the cyberpolice. An APK (Android Package Kit) file is the standard file format used by the Android operating system to distribute and install cellphone apps and games. Online fraudsters misuse .apk files to compromise their targets’ devices. Such files can give fraudsters remote access to a device, allowing them to monitor the cellphone or laptop. Once they obtain banking details, they siphon off money from the victims’ bank accounts.