Ajman Police launches "Do not be a victim of telephone fraud" campaign

In the context of efforts to enhance security awareness among members of society, the Department of Investigations and Criminal Investigations and the Media and Public Relations Department of the General Command of Ajman Police launched a campaign "Do not be a victim of telephone fraud" to educate the public about the dangers of fraud and fraud and how to deal with it, in order to achieve the strategic goal of the Ministry of Interior Of enhancing security and safety. His Excellency Lt. Col. Ahmed Saeed Al-Nuaimi, Director of the Department of Criminal Investigation and Investigation, noted that fraud messages may be in the form of informing the user of winning valuable financial prizes, or messages prohibiting the ATM card of the bank’s customer for not updating his data, or requesting to update the identity card data and asking him to contact a strange phone number Or sending data to a specific site for a number of reasons, such as committing traffic violations or expiring vehicle ownership, which allows fraudsters to obtain its data and steal its money. His Excellency called on the public to cooperate with the police in dealing with these frauds and not to share any confidential information such as account numbers, bank cards, passwords, personal identification codes OTP or (PIN) and security codes behind the cards, with the need not to be led to any suspicious message that may reach them on SMS messages or Through social media applications such as WhatsApp, Facebook, e-mail or any other means, and the sender's number is usually unknown or an unknown person does not disclose their real data. The Director of the Department of Criminal Investigations and Investigations pointed out that the campaign came with the aim of educating the public about the need to beware of fraudsters who use their tempting and misleading methods of fraud and fraud via the phone, pointing to the importance of informing the police upon receiving a suspicious phone call or receiving a message of questionable content through Sharek Service with security on the application Ajman Police smart phone or call the direct number 067034317, and take care in dealing with communications and phone messages, and verify its source.