Abu Dhabi Police broadcast a video of a true story of theft of 133,000 dirhams by phone fraud in the campaign “Be careful cautious,” and the victim said in the video that he received a call from a person working for the Central Bank to update the data and informed him of the arrival of a text message, and asked him for the secret number he would receive on his phone.
The victim provided the caller with the number and then informed him that he would return to inform him of the update, but he was surprised to withdraw the amount of 35 thousand dirhams, and he did not know that the amount was stolen from his account at that time, then the fraudster returned to call him again and repeat the same story and then withdrew the amount of 98 thousand dirhams from his account And he contacted the bank and the bank employee informed him that he had actually agreed to the withdrawal process, because the secret number entered the bank’s regulations confirming his approval of the two operations.
Abu Dhabi Police called for the necessity of joining the police, societal and media efforts to address various security phenomena, and strengthening the role of the media in spreading awareness and warning of modern monument methods used to deceive the public and exploiting their growing need for smart phone uses and modern technologies, stressing its interest in exposing criminals' tricks and addressing their fraudulent methods, no matter how Their shrewdness and cunning.