Hyderabad woman loses ₹2 lakh in SEO poisoning car rental scam
A Hyderabad woman lost ₹2 lakh to an SEO poisoning scam while searching for a rental car. Cyber criminals manipulated Google rankings to direct her to a fraudulent website, exploiting vulnerabilities with APK files and OTPs. Frantically, Prerna contacted her bank, but after a 20-day investigation, the bank concluded that the transactions were 'secure' because the OTPs were shared.