Al-Marsad newspaper: A citizen revealed that his friend had been robbed and swindled, and an amount of 400,000 riyals had been seized from his bank account.
He said that his friend asked for a maid for his mother and contacted the company and told him that the contract would be sent to him to sign and transfer the amount of 2500 riyals, which is what happened.
He continued, his friend asked the company for an arrest warrant, so they sent him a picture of sheep and asked him to choose the payment document he wanted, so he called the Ministry of Commerce and told them that his account had been hacked and transferred to a company name.
And he added, two hours later, a person called him, who said he was from the Ministry of Commerce, and told him that the accounts would be protected from hacking, and sent him a link from the Saudi Monetary Agency and the password.
He added, after a short time, he was surprised that sums of money were withdrawn from his account, starting with 100,000, then 100,000, then 60 and 70 thousand, and the amount reached about 400,000.
And he advised citizens not to buy online except from stores that are located in Riyadh, and to pay attention to any communication and not to open any links. He pointed out that these operations target the Gulf and Saudi Arabia in general.