{
  "id": 14877011,
  "title": "Replying ‘No’ On WhatsApp Could Empty Your Bank Account, Hyderabad Police Warns",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/16/replying-no-on-whatsapp-could-empty-your-bank-account-hyderabad",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-16T04:30:34.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/tech/replying-no-on-whatsapp-could-empty-your-bank-account-hyderabad-police-warns"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Hyderabad City Police Commissioner VC Sajjanar has cautioned the public about a WhatsApp fraud in which a person allegedly lost their savings after replying 'NO' to a fake bank alert. In a video posted on X, he said the scam involves no OTP request and no suspicious link, and depends on panic to prompt a hurried reply. How the scam works According to Sajjanar, as reported by Business Today, the…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}