Sri Lanka, April 23 -- Sri Lanka Police has warned the general public of financial fraud being carried out using the name of 'SriLankan Airlines'.

According to police, the scam involves fraudsters contacting individuals via WhatsApp, posing as representatives of the airline, and directing them to install a mobile application named 'SriLankan.apk' through three fraudulent websites.

Authorities said the application is a 'Trojan horse' that enables remote access to victims' mobile devices, allowing scammers to obtain sensitive personal data.

Police further revealed that the perpetrators use this unauthorized access to banking applications to fraudulently transfer money to other accounts by capturing one-time passwords (OTPs), bank details...