In the Eastern region of Saudi Arabia, Dammam City Police arrested 13 resident expats for impersonating government officials and defrauding people to obtain bank account information.
They called and texted a number of people, informing them that their bank cards had failed and stopped, and that they needed to update them right away.
Using the bank cards and pin numbers of their victims to withdraw money from their personal bank accounts outside the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
As per Saudi Public Security, 28 mobile phones and 30 SIM cards were seized from the accused's possession, 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 incoming SMS messages or calls for the purpose of asking you to update your bank information" and advised that anyone who has experienced such information theft should report it to the "Kollona Amn" application or to the nearest police station.
SOURCE : SAUDI EXPATRIATES
