Hyderabad, May 10 -- A 23-year-old student lost Rs 2.25 lakh to a high-level cyber scam while trying to buy over-the-counter nicotine gums from online sources, as per local reports.

The incident took place on May 4, when the student browsed the internet for wholesale suppliers of nicotine gums, namely those produced by Cipla. Lured by a promise of wholesale prices, the student paid Rs 25,000 to a bank account offered by an alleged seller for five boxes of the drug.

When the order did not materialize the following day, the student became suspicious and reached out to the seller to ask them to cancel the order and provide a refund.

Through a subsequent WhatsApp voice call, the scammer sent a message with a link to an APK file to the stud...