Some fall into the trap even though there is a warning not to give out any personal data by phone

Electronic fraudsters psychologically manipulate their victims through “official messages” .. (2-2)

Scammers are constantly improving their methods and employing technology to deceive their victims.

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The victim stands confused when he receives a message from the police, while he is with him on the phone at the same time, a caller claiming to be an officer or an official in an official body asking him to provide him with his personal and bank data, to complete his data with the state, or to save his bank account from freezing, or to delude him that there is a danger on his data, and asks him to give him a password sent to him via his phone.

People who were targeted with this fraudulent method revealed to "Emirates Today" that the fraudsters who contacted them have a great ability to persuade, as they deliberately besieged them with a large number of questions and inquiries with the aim of psychologically manipulating them, pointing out that they feel a kind of confusion when they receive messages from official authorities and at the time. He himself receives a call from someone claiming to be from the police, lending credibility to the scammer's speech, informing them that the message will be returned to them before it actually arrives.

The Deputy Director of the Cybercrime Combating Department at the General Department of Criminal Investigation and Investigation at Dubai Police, Major Abdullah Al-Shehhi, confirmed that the government websites and electronic services are completely secured, pointing out that the first phrase in the messages that these fraudsters exploit clearly states that “the official authority cannot You request any personal data from the customer over the phone”, so please do not share your single password or your data with anyone over the phone.

In detail, Mansour Mohamed told "Emirates Today" that he had previous knowledge of these fraudulent methods by virtue of his work, and his follow-up to press reports and awareness campaigns carried out by Dubai Police about the dangers and methods of cybercrime, but he was confused when he received a call from someone who claimed to be a police lieutenant, and that His data is missing, and then he informs him of the first numbers on his ID card, which prompts him to keep calling him, for fear that he is actually responsible.

He added that the fraudster asked him to tell him the rest of his ID card numbers, so he asked him about the reason, and why he wanted that if he already had the card data. He replied that he wanted the rest of the numbers until he was sure of his identity, but he did not feel comfortable with his words, so he asked him to give him a period of 10 minutes to bring the ID card From the car, hang up.

Muhammad added that the fraudster did not give him a chance, and immediately called him from another line bearing the code of a foreign country and warned him not to close the line, and told him that he would receive a message from the police, and he had to inform him of the number he would send to, pointing out that the message was received, and he almost submitted to the fraudster, but he corrected the situation Eventually he hung up, refused to answer all his calls, and reported what had happened to the police, who made sure it was a scam.

Ahmed Alaa also avoided the same trap in the last moments, after he had doubts about the authenticity of the call he received from a person who claimed to be an officer in one of the police authorities, and used the same method with him, stressing that the fraudster had a strange urgency, and deliberately dealt with a kind of influence to introduce fear. himself, but he did not surrender to him, and withheld all the numbers from which he was trying to contact him, after sending him a similar message attributed to the police.

For her part, the European “Timna” was not more careful when she was exposed to electronic fraud in the same way, as the fraudsters caught her in an early hour, and one of them made a call that lasted an hour, convincing her to give him her secret bank data and seize from her the amount of 45 thousand dirhams, after she received a similar text message. attributed to the police.

She had mentioned to "Emirates Today" that the fraudsters seized from her the amount of 45,000 dirhams that her father had saved for her before his death, noting that they withdrew it within two minutes amid a state of shock and astonishment that controlled her.

She stated that she could not recover the money, because the fraud was carried out from outside the country, indicating that she was relatively familiar with these fraudulent methods, but the fraudster who contacted her was an expert in what he does, so he spoke to her tactfully and entered her into a whirlpool of details, about amending the banking system and a mail shipment. You will reach her with a new debit card, then send her a message bearing the police logo, which reassured her and made her disclose her details to him.

In an explanation of this method, the Deputy Director of the Cybercrime Combating Department at the General Department of Criminal Investigation and Investigation at Dubai Police, Major Abdullah Al Shehhi, stated that avoiding such fraudulent methods and avoiding them in any way is to realize a simple fact, which is that there is no entity in the country. Whether governmental, such as the police, the post office, or any other entity, as well as no bank that will contact the customer to obtain personal data from him, whether it is bank information or any other details.

He stressed that government websites are completely secured, and it is not possible to hack or send any messages from them to a customer, and if the person focuses on the message that comes to him from the party to which the fraudster claims to belong, he will find a clear statement in the first: “The police or the party will not ask you to provide any data Over the phone".

He pointed out that awareness of these fraudulent methods has greatly increased, so you find many reports that come to the e-crime platform provided by the police related to similar fraud attempts, stressing that these criminals are constantly developing their methods, but the security services in the country are always one step ahead of them. It remains the responsibility of the community members to pay attention and be careful and preserve their personal data, and not to disclose it to anyone.

Electronic hacking crimes

The arbitrator and legal advisor, Mohamed Naguib, confirmed that the recent law issued in accordance with Decree No. 34 of 2021 regarding combating rumors and cybercrime, addressed the criminal methods of electronic fraud in more than one article, which reflects the legislator's keenness to deter them by all means.

He said that the second article of the law dealt with the crimes of electronic penetration, and stipulated that he shall be punished by imprisonment and a fine of not less than 100,000 dirhams and not more than 300,000 dirhams, or either of these two penalties, whoever hacks a website, an electronic information system, an information network, or an information technology means. .

He added that the sixth article dealt in detail with the crime of assaulting personal data and information, and stipulated that a penalty of imprisonment for a period of no less than six months, and a fine of no less than 20,000 dirhams, and not more than 100,000 dirhams, or one of these two penalties, is anyone who obtains or Acquire, modify, destroy, disclose, leak, cancel, delete, copy, publish or re-publish without authorization electronic personal data or information, using information technology or information technology means, pointing out that the second item of this article considered hacking bank accounts or data Electronic payment information is an aggravating circumstance.

He pointed out that the new law, which took effect at the beginning of this year, merged two articles with the previous law related to the seizure and forgery of card and bank account data into one article No. 15, and stipulates that it is punishable by imprisonment and a fine of no less than 200 thousand dirhams and not more than two million dirhams, or any These two penalties are for anyone who forges, imitates or copies a credit card, debit card, or any electronic payment method, or who appropriates its data or information using information technology means or an information system.

The same penalty shall be imposed on whoever manufactures or designs any means of information technology, or information program, with the intention of facilitating any of the actions stipulated previously, and whoever uses without permission a credit or debit card or any means of electronic payment or any of its data or Its information, with the intent of obtaining for himself or for others the money or property of others or benefiting from the services offered by others, as well as anyone who accepts dealing with these counterfeit, imitation or copied cards, or other electronic payment methods, or the data of electronic payment methods that have been seized in an unauthorized manner. legitimate, knowing that they are illegal, pointing out that all of these crimes are repeated forms of electronic fraud.

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