The General Command of the Sharjah Police confirmed the increase in the crimes of extortion through Watts Ab because of the love of panic by individuals, pointing out that the perpetrators deliberately hunt for the victim by asking for help and the people, and the whole "Congratulations won a prize" with a number of contact, For hacking «Watts AB», once the victim is connected his account is compromised.
She pointed out other ways of extortion, as the perpetrator communicates with the victim, claiming that he has won a prize, asks for his bank account number, and the account is broken and money transferred. A group of those who have been subjected to extortion have resorted to the police and their cases were resolved within hours.
The Chief of the Technical Crimes Branch of the Sharjah Police, Captain Mohsen Ahmed, confirmed that the police received reports from a large number of elderly and persons with degrees who report being subject to electronic blackmail, warning of the increase of this type of crime through social networking sites, To the police when they become victims of extortion.
Ahmed pointed out that the victim of electronic extortion has no legal accountability when reporting the incident, but is treated professionally to stop the exploitation and extortion by the offender. He pointed out that some cases were resolved on the same day, while the victims were subject to blackmail for months , As they delayed reporting, stressing the partial failure to obey the picket, because silence exacerbates the crisis, and the need to resort to the police.
There are cases of blackmail caused by the "love of panic" among the members of the UAE society, as they interact with cases claiming to need help, so they love to do good, without knowing the status of callers or senders of the correct messages, pointing out that the police carried out awareness campaigns for all categories Adding that during the past year, lectures and seminars have been given in suburban councils and universities on how to deal with blackmail and maintain their secret accounts and information.
He pointed out that the infiltration process is done after the victim has been seduced by tracking social networking sites, pointing out the role of the society in preventing electronic blackmail, and the family in raising awareness and alerting children to the dangers of the networks and not sharing personal information unless the person is certain Who communicates with him.
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