The General Directorate of Sharjah Police has warned individuals against dealing with some text messages received from unknown persons on their own phones claiming that they are bank employees, under the pretext of updating their bank statements and carrying the numbers and logos of the banks they deal with, only after confirming the source of such messages through official banking channels.
Some anonymous people have sent text messages or e-mail asking people for information about their bank accounts and their debit card numbers, where this information is used to access their accounts and steal their money.
And called on individuals from banks to avoid disclosing their personal and banking data to any party, and to clear their bank transactions through the service windows offered to them by the banks they deal with, or through official applications via smart phones, to ensure that they are not caught and stolen by Some are weak souls.
The Sharjah Police confirmed that such crimes are being monitored and that the perpetrators of such crimes are being prosecuted. The clients of these banks should be completely ignored and not dealt with in any way. In case of such attempts, they should contact the Technical Crimes Branch at 065943446 or 065943228 and tech_crimes @ shjpolice.gov.ae).