Hyderabad, Oct. 12 -- Hyderabad Commissioner of Police VC Sajjanar on Monday, October 12, warned the public of a new cyber scam.

Sharing a video message on X, he said that this scam results in "a person's bank account being completely drained in mere moments simply for replying 'NO' to a single WhatsApp message!"

He said the victim neither shared an OTP nor clicked on any suspicious link; all they did was type out NO, and his life's savings were wiped out.

"I recently came across a new type of cybercrime that managed to defraud a chartered accountant. It involves a highly dangerous 'auto-execution file attack' orchestrated by cybercriminals leveraging technology," said the CP.

Elaborating, he said that initially, the potential victim ...