The Dubai Public Prosecution has warned of sophisticated methods of cyber fraud, the latest of which is fraudulent messages sent by phone or e-mail, stating that the bank card of the targeted person has been stopped, asking him for details including confidential data, and then using them to penetrate accounts and seize funds.
The head of the prosecution in the Deira Prosecution, expert on cybercrime consultant Dr. Khalid Ali Al-Junaibi, told «Emirates Today», on the sidelines of a lecture delivered in the framework of an expanded campaign for the Public Prosecution, in cooperation with the Community Development Authority, Rashidiya Council: In recent years, it has been remarkable in light of the continuous technical development ».
He added that «one of the methods used in electronic fraud was to obtain fraudsters information about business transactions between two companies, the fraudster creates an email similar to one of them, which is supposed to receive payments and correspondence with the other company, and informs them that a bank account has been defective, and requests the transfer of payment Fighting this approach required some awareness, and businessmen and merchants paid attention to it after recording a number of crimes involving victims who did not call themselves, or somehow verified the authenticity of the message they received through their mail.
He pointed out that the fraudsters resorted to inventing another method, which is the fake prizes, they communicate with members of the community and inform them of winning a grand prize in a random draw at one of the two telecommunications companies, and love their trick to inform the victim of a number behind the phone chip, so the person trusts them without realizing that this number is fixed In all the slides, he converts them with money in the hope of winning the jackpot.
He stressed that this method, despite its naivety, has caused many aspirants to obtain huge wealth in an easy way, pointing out that the index of these cases has declined significantly in the recent period, but there are still cases recorded by the Public Prosecution.
He explained that one of the methods developed by the fraudsters is also to deceive people who want to get a job in the state, they announce the need of certain parties, such as hospitals for medical staff, and create websites with the names of these bodies, and are keen to be professional and professional, and then take steps with them in recruitment to persuade Victims are real institutions, and then tell them that they have accepted jobs, asking them for recruitment fees, sums to finish their recruitment procedures, and as many people come to the state, or move to better jobs, they are transferred money without realizing that they have fallen into the trap of these scammers.
He pointed out that one of the latest methods of electronic fraud, targeting members of the community with deceptive messages, in which the fraudster tells the target person that his card was stopped by the bank, and asked for confidential data to reactivate, and then withdraw funds from their accounts after penetration.
Al-Junaibi said that it is illogical for the bank to send similar messages, as they no longer allow their employees themselves to view confidential data of customers, but inserted through an electronic system, so community members should pay attention to such methods, pointing out that fraudsters love their tricks in different ways, They sometimes communicate with the victims and refer them to others, as their manager, so that the victim is convinced that he is actually dealing with the bank.