The Central Bank and Public Security in Saudi Arabia have warned of financial fraud by impersonating the names and photos of well-known personalities through social media accounts and claiming financial aid.
And the Saudi Public Security said, in a tweet on its official account, on Saturday, that the fake accounts and websites impersonate the names of famous companies in order to sell goods or provide services.
Fake accounts and websites impersonate well-known companies in order to sell goods or provide services. pic.twitter.com/lM85QySnej
— Public Security (@security_gov) April 15, 2022
In the event of fraud, the Public Security recommended reporting through the nearest police station or through the “We are all safe” application.
As for the Central Bank, it tweeted, on Friday, saying: “Plagiarizing the names and pictures of well-known personalities through social media accounts and claiming financial aid is one of the methods of financial fraud, so beware of it.”
Plagiarizing the names and pictures of well-known personalities through social media accounts and claiming financial aid is one of the methods #financialfraud; Beware of them.#Saudi_Central_Bank #SAMA
— SAMA | Saudi Central Bank (@SAMA_GOV) April 15, 2022
Less than a week ago, he announced central bank Saudi Arabia updated the instructions on temporary precautionary measures to protect bank customers from financial fraud.
The update included raising the daily transfer limit for bank customers to the levels they were previously, and the possibility of reducing that limit by communicating with the bank.
The update also included the possibility of providing the service of opening bank accounts remotely.
The Central Bank stressed to bank customers the need to take precautions against fraudulent operations, and not to neglect the disclosure of bank and personal data, such as secret numbers and verification codes for any person or entity, with the importance of ensuring the reliability of the websites it deals with.
and last month, caught Tabuk Police on a citizen who committed a number of cases of fraud and financial fraud against customers of a website dedicated to displaying goods for sale.
The detainee had sent a fake text message to the seller’s mobile by transferring the value of the commodity to his bank account, after he obtained it without paying for it.