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Al Shamsi: Culture and awareness; tools to combat online fraud

June 14, 2024 / 2:01 AM
Sharjah24: During a news conference at the Criminal Investigation Department of Sharjah Police, Major General Saif Al Zari Al Shamsi, the Commander-in-Chief of Sharjah Police, revealed a criminal network that included five individuals operating outside of the country.
A unique operation codenamed "173." discovered this network, which specialises in electronic fraud offences. The country's police authorities received eleven anonymous reports, revealing an unauthorised withdrawal of 3,011,854 dirhams from accounts.

The Sharjah Police Commander-in-Chief has held this conference to raise community awareness about the need to be cautious of such electronic fraud activities.

Never update your personal information or give out secret credit card numbers or financial account details in response to an ambiguous or fraudulent message, he stressed. This includes unusual emails from unknown sources. People ought to be sure the information is coming from a reliable source before responding to or sharing it.
 
June 14, 2024 / 2:01 AM

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