Wednesday: 19 August 2009:
Al Ain Police foils cyber fraud involving millions in foreign currency
Al Ain Police has recently discovered a cyber fraud attempt amounting to millions in foreign currency targeting one of its staffs.
His vigilance and awareness about such acts has prevented him from responding to the fraudulent approaches made by the fraudsters
Mass awareness campaign is being carried out by the Secretariat General of the Office of HH the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior, represented by the Department of Technical Affairs and Security Media, to protect the people from falling victims to cyber fraud.
Abdul Wahid Mohammad Al Blushi 27 year old lodged a complaint about fraudster who was trying to persuade him that he has won a huge financial bonanza. According to him, he received an SMS informing him that he won cash prize amounting to ₤1, 580, 00 in a lottery where his e-mail was used for the draw. The fraudster asked him to provide personal details to settle the prize money.
He received another SMS informing him that a cheque for one million USD has been issued in his name. The cheque was forged in a professional way bearing his full name and other personal particulars in addition to a manager's forged signature confirming the winning of the prize.
In order to get the prize he should pay small amount to complete the formalities for the remittance of the prize money.
Lt. Colonel (Dr.) Rashid Mohammad Bu Rasheed, Head of Organized Crime Section at ADP CID has warned the cell phones users against falling victims to such cyber frauds.
These frauds used to be restricted to a phone call or SMS telling the victim that he had got a huge financial prize and he had to pay the prescribed fees in phone charge balance. Then the victim would discover that he had been deceived only after sending the amount and their after leaves no contact.
He also cautioned the internet users against responding to chat room advertisements and not to believe electronic messages whose initiators change their methods and modus operandi to cheat people of their money.
