India, March 17 -- Amid the ongoing West Asia conflict and a resulting LPG crisis, scammers have begun targeting residents of the Capital with phishing messages and fake APK files linked to LPG cylinder bookings, Delhi Police said on Monday, cautioning people not to fall for such scams.

Police said they have already issued alerts on social media and deployed staff to residential areas to warn residents. Calls regarding such messages have been received on the national cybercrime helpline 1930 in recent days, and all district police chiefs have been directed to issue public advisories.

On X and Facebook, several users posted that they received bulk SMSes from usernames such as LPG, Indane, LPG FAST and others.

A senior officer from the c...