Thursday, March 2, 2023
13 expats arrested in Dammam for Fraud and getting Bank account details
The Dammam City Police in the Eastern region of Saudi Arabia arrested 13 resident expatriates for impersonating as officials and defrauding to the number of people to get their bank account information. Join Saudi Expatriates on imo public service channel
According to the Saudi Public Security, the suspects are of Pakistani nationality and they called a number of individuals and texted them, informing them that their bank cards had failed and stopped, adding that they needed to update them now.
- In an effort to work with a person of the same nationality outside the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to withdraw money from their victims personal bank accounts using their bank cards and pin numbers. Trending : Riyadh Airport is testing using Faceprints instead of Boarding passes to make things easy to travel
- The Saudi Public Security stated that, from the accused's possession 28 mobile phones and 30 SIM cards was seized, they were stopped and regular measures were taken against them, and they were reported to the Public Prosecution.
- The General Security in the Kingdom also warned everyone to "Beware of the incoming SMS messages or calls for the purpose of requesting you to update your bank information" and called to report such information crimes on "Kollona Amn" application or visit to the nearest police station. Read : Penalties for information crime in Saudi Arabia
