UAE BARQ برق الإمارات – نبضك
The Fujairah Misdemeanors Court on Tuesday looked into the case of an Asian man accused of swindling money via smart media.
According to the case details, a girl received a call from the defendant, who introduced himself as an employee of the bank in which she has an account. He informed her that she had to renew her data and that he would help her to do so. He asked her to send a photo of her ID card and the bank’s which she sent them through (Whatsapp). She did not think that it could be a phone scam.
The defendant asked the victim to send the PIN of the bank’s card so that he would be able to activate the card. Again, she did not doubt the defendant and sent the PIN to him. A day after the call, the victim found a message on her mobile stating that there were withdrawals from her bank account without her doing so. She immediately called the bank and inquired about the withdrawals.
The customer service agent told her that the withdrawal process was done in a normal manner assuring her that no issues were reported in her account. She informed him about the caller who requested her copy of the card to renew her data with the bank. She requested the employee to stop her card and walked to the police station, where she filed a complaint.
