Abu Dhabi Police launches "Be careful" in its fifth edition
Abu Dhabi Police launched its fifth edition of its awareness media campaign "Be careful" to enhance society's awareness of emerging forms of cybercrime such as "phone scam", fraud and extortion, and others.
The Director of the Directorate of Criminal Investigations and Investigations in the Criminal Security Sector, Brigadier Rashid Khalaf Al Dhaheri, stressed in a press conference held at the Community Police Department the importance of the campaign in increasing
Awareness of the public and increasing the awareness segment to include all nationalities and speakers of Arabic and other languages in order to familiarize them with the procedures required to protect them from fraud.
Telephone and electronic fraud.
He thanked and appreciated the strategic partners for their efforts over the past years in working in common harmony to educate the community about the importance of paying attention not to dealing with strange numbers.
Maintaining the confidentiality of personal financial information, informing the security services as soon as a suspicious phone call is received, and taking care in dealing with phone calls and messages.
and verify its source.
He pointed out the Abu Dhabi Police's keenness to clamp down on fraudsters, arrest them and confront their renewed criminal methods with advanced security precautionary measures, pointing to the importance of concerted
Police efforts with banks, media and social media platforms to address cybercrime, regardless of its forms, types and methods of perpetration, stressing the success of the Tawasul Center
The Directorate of Criminal Investigations and Investigations seeks to track and freeze funds and take legal measures that ensure the preservation of funds and their return to the victims.
He warned the members of society against falling for fraud and not revealing their bank accounts and credit card numbers, noting that the perpetrators of these crimes are deluding them.
The victims stated that their accounts or bank cards had been blocked or frozen for the purpose of seizing their money, stressing not to respond to these deceptive communications, and not to disclose
Bank account information and personal data or share it with anyone, and keep it strictly confidential.
The Director of the Community Police Department, Brigadier General Dr. Hammoud Saeed Al-Afari, said that the UAE law criminalized electronic fraud and established strict laws that protect citizens and residents in
UAE .
He stated that there are various forms of electronic fraud, most notably bogus prizes by sending an amount to receive them, and attempts to persuade victims to donate for humanitarian causes, urging the
Not responding to scam calls and messages, and the speed of reporting.
He pointed to the success of the campaign, Be Cautious, in alerting to fraud and telephone fraud, pointing to its main role in raising awareness with the increasing number of fraud and extortion cases due to ignorance.
users and exploit criminals.
He stated that the campaign involves the Directorate of Criminal Investigations and the Departments of Security Information and Security Media and the banking and banking sector, namely Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank and
First Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank, Al Hilal Bank, social clubs for communities and commercial centers, and the General Authority for Islamic Affairs and Endowments. The campaign targets gangs
Fraud and educating parents and all users of phones and smart devices and bank customers.
Return 21 million to the victims
Colonel Dr. Salem bin Huwaimel Al Ameri, Director of the Investigation Department at Abu Dhabi Police, spoke about the achievements of the Tawasul Center, which worked in cooperation with banks to receive fraud reports.
He pointed out that he succeeded in returning sums of money amounting to 21 million dirhams to the victims in a short time as a result of the speed of reporting
Fraud operations.
Major Mohammed Rashid Al-Ariani from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations and Investigations confirmed that the Tawasul Center, which includes several banks in the directorate's building, is the first of its kind in the region.
To combat cybercrime, it achieved great success in returning funds to victims by dealing with 1,740 reports with high efficiency. The sums were returned in a short time as a result of cooperation
Victims are quick to report crimes.
Banks
Banks actively participated through the fifth edition of the campaign and praised the constructive cooperation with the Abu Dhabi Police to spread awareness about financial fraud and the risks posed by
These operations, and the definition of their negative effects on customers and the banking sector as a whole.
The representative of the Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank, Counselor Anwar Al-Hilali, praised the constructive cooperation with the General Command of Abu Dhabi Police in the "Be careful" campaign, which is led by Abu Dhabi Police to spread the word.
Awareness about financial fraud, as the bank’s cooperation comes within the framework of awareness of the risks arising from these operations, and their negative impact on customers and the banking sector as a whole.
He stated that the bank spares no effort in spreading awareness and addressing fraudulent methods under the slogan "Be careful" by launching awareness campaigns on financial fraud and using the latest
Techniques to protect customer data, in addition to providing workshops run by official speakers from Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank that include tips and mechanisms that must be followed
Customers in the event of any fraud of different nationalities in the cities of Abu Dhabi and Al Ain.
Counselor Khalifa Al-Omari from Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank and Al Hilal Bank called on bank customers and the public in general not to deal with strange phone numbers and to maintain confidentiality.
Financial and personal information and inform the security services as soon as a suspicious phone call is received, and take precautions in dealing with communications and phone messages, and verify their source
And beware of disclosing the secret numbers in front and behind the bank card.
Maitha's story
During the press conference, Abu Dhabi Police showed a video in which the content creator, Maitha Mohammed, sent a message to the community about the need to beware of telephone and electronic scams.
She was subjected to fraud and reviewed her story, which focused on the scammers' insistence on obtaining the secret numbers of bank cards and the OTP, and narrowed the screws on the fraudster.
She intelligently discovered the process, so she informed the police and posted a video on social media, and there was a great response from the community.
And she was keen to be present at the press conference to direct her awareness message on the importance of communicating with the Aman service when exposed to fraud, as it allows community members to contribute in turn to
Prevent crimes before they occur and deal with them confidentially through the available communication channels such as the toll-free number 8002626 or by text message (2828) or by mail
Electronically (aman@adpolice.gov.ae) or through the smart application of the Abu Dhabi Police General Command.
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