{"id":247,"date":"2026-04-23T15:00:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T15:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/?p=247"},"modified":"2026-04-23T15:00:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T15:00:16","slug":"police-warn-of-financial-scam-using-srilankan-airlines-name","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/2026\/04\/23\/police-warn-of-financial-scam-using-srilankan-airlines-name\/","title":{"rendered":"Police Warn of Financial Scam Using SriLankan Airlines Name"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sri Lanka Police have warned the public about an ongoing financial scam carried out using the name of SriLankan Airlines.<\/p>\n<p>According to authorities, fraudsters are targeting victims via WhatsApp, posing as airline services and directing users to three fake websites. Victims are then encouraged to download a mobile application named \u201cSriLankan.apk.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Officials have identified this app as a dangerous banking trojan. Once installed, it allows scammers to gain remote access to the victim\u2019s phone.<\/p>\n<p>Through this access, fraudsters can:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Initiate unauthorized financial transactions<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Steal passwords and banking details<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Capture verification codes and sensitive data<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Illegally access bank accounts and withdraw funds<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The scam reportedly uses the following phone numbers:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>077 455 8361<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>011 777 1979<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>074 114 2208<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>077 579 1209<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>074 326 8200<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Police have strongly advised the public to avoid downloading unknown applications and to remain vigilant against such scams.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sri Lanka Police have warned the public about an ongoing financial scam carried out using the name of SriLankan Airlines. According to authorities, fraudsters are targeting victims via WhatsApp, posing as airline services and directing users to three fake websites. Victims are then encouraged to download a mobile application named \u201cSriLankan.apk.\u201d Officials have identified this &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":248,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-247","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=247"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":249,"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247\/revisions\/249"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/248"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=247"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}