Residents of Hyderabad need to be alert as scammers have designed a new drinking water bill scam to trick them into downloading malicious software.

The Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board (HMWSSB) has issued an official warning about fraudulent text messages circulating among consumers.

In the drinking water bill scam in Hyderabad, the messages that are being sent from unknown mobile numbers falsely claim that the water connection is at risk of disconnection due to an unpaid

bill.

According to HMWSSB Managing Director K Ashok Reddy, these fake messages instruct recipients to contact a specific mobile number for more information. When a consumer calls that number, they are then sent an APK file through WhatsApp.

The sender pretends that the file is necessary to resol

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