Abu Dhabi: Abu Dhabi Police has warned the public against online fraud schemes that involve bank accounts of individual users in the country.
The Criminal Investigation Department of Abu Dhabi Police has received reports on fraudulent attempts where fraudsters posing as real providers of banking services deceive customers into phishing, a criminally fraudulent process of attempting to acquire sensitive information by masquerading as a trustworthy entity in an electronic communication, according to the head of the Department Colonel Rashid Bu Rasheed.
The police official warned of fraudulent emails in which fraudsters, in bogus emails, pose as representatives of banks and ask recipients to fill in application forms with their sensitive information, such as login username and passwords, PIN numbers, and account numbers, in order for their de-activated bank accounts to be re-activated.
The majority of scammers caught by Abu Dhabi Police are from Africa, Colonel Bu Rasheed revealed.
On his part, Captain Omar Al Tunaiji, Director General of Electronic Crime Department, urged the public not to respond to such emails which lead them to disclose their financial information.
He further urged individuals to always check their accounts, withdrawals and to immediately report any suspicious transactions.
