India, Aug. 23 -- A government employee from Maharashtra's Hingoli district allegedly lost nearly Rs.2 lakh after falling prey to a cyber fraud carried out through a fake digital wedding invitation on WhatsApp.

The victim received a message from an unknown number on WhatsApp inviting them to a wedding scheduled for August 30, reported NDTV. However, opening the seemingly harmless invitation turned out to be a costly mistake.

According to the report, the text message read: "Welcome. Shadi mein zarur aye (Do come to the wedding). 30/08/2025. Love is the master key that opens the gate of happiness."

Below the text appeared what looked like a PDF file of the invitation card. In reality, it was an Android Application Package (APK) file desi...