India, Feb. 2 -- A 42-year-old private company employee in Bengaluru lost Rs.70,000 to a 'fake traffic challan' scam after clicking on a malicious APK file. The victim, Hari Krishnan, a resident of Singasandra in southeast Bengaluru, reported the incident to the Electronics City police.

According to a report in The Times of India, the victim received a WhatsApp message from the number 8318732950 on January 19, claiming he had violated traffic rules. The message included a receipt stating, "Your vehicle traffic ticket bearing no KA46894230933070073," and instructed him to pay the fine by downloading the 'Vahan Parivahan' app via a link provided in the message.

Despite receiving a warning that the file was risky, Krishnan proceeded to dow...