The Interview, a highly controversial movie that was pulled from major cinemas and distributed mostly online (and only in the U.S.), sounds like a dream come true for scammers.

It is no wonder, then, that a fake Android app has been making the rounds in South Korea, promising to download a copy of the movie but actually stealing users' bank account details instead.

Security researcher Graham Cluley shared the details about the app in a blog post Saturday. The fake app is really an Android trojan identified by McAfee as Android/Badaccents, which targets customers of several Korean banks and one international bank (Citibank).

Fake Android app that offers users a download of The Interview is actually a trojan, stealing their bank account details. Image: Graham Cluley

Interestingly enough, the trojan is specifically programmed not to target North Korean users.

According to Cluley, some 20,000 devices have been infected to date.

The Interview, a Sony Pictures comedy about an assassination of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, has been pulled from major cinemas after a devastating hack attack on Sony, as well as the hackers' threat of a 9/11-type event for moviegoers who choose to see the premiere.

The movie has raked in $15 million from online distribution in the first couple of days since its release, but it has also been a huge hit on torrent sites.