{"id":237,"date":"2023-04-19T05:09:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-19T05:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cissar.com\/?p=237"},"modified":"2023-04-19T05:09:00","modified_gmt":"2023-04-19T05:09:00","slug":"dubai-police-warn-residents-against-sharing-otp-bank-details-with-fraudsters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cissar.com\/index.php\/2023\/04\/19\/dubai-police-warn-residents-against-sharing-otp-bank-details-with-fraudsters\/","title":{"rendered":"Dubai Police warn residents against sharing OTP, bank details with fraudsters"},"content":{"rendered":"<article data-page=\"\/uae\/crime\/dubai-police-warn-residents-against-sharing-otp-bank-details-with-fraudsters-1.94485325\" class=\"article  \" data-featured-image=\"https:\/\/imagevars.gulfnews.com\/2023\/03\/16\/OTP-1678945220994_186e8eef999_medium.jpg\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Article\" id=\"1.94485325\">\n<header>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col d-none d-md-block\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<h1 itemprop=\"headline\" class=\" \" data-article-head=\"\">Dubai Police warn residents against sharing OTP, bank details with fraudsters<\/h1>\n<p class=\"lead \">Phone scamsters trick customers into divulging confidential data, they say  <\/p>\n<hr class=\"divider\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-sm-12 col-md-9 gn-col-article-meta\">\n<div class=\"article-meta\">\n        <time class=\"publish\" itemprop=\"datePublished\" datetime=\"2023-03-16T09:40:21+04:00\"><br \/>\n    Published:\u00a0<br \/>\n        <span class=\"time\">March 16, 2023 09:40<\/span><br \/>\n    <\/time><\/p>\n<p>    <span itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Person\" itemprop=\"author\" class=\"author\"><br \/>\n            <a rel=\"author\" class=\"font-weight-bold\" itemprop=\"sameAs\" href=\"#\"><br \/>\n                    <span itemprop=\"name\">Gulf News Report<\/span><br \/>\n            <\/a><br \/>\n    <\/span>\n            <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-sm-12 col-md-3 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Password).<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"PA_mid-article\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"cacher\">\n<div class=\"story-block\">\n<p>The advisory is part of an awareness campaign launched by the Dubai Police General Command, represented by the Security Awareness Department in the General Department of Community Happiness and the Economic Crimes Department in the General Department of Criminal Investigations. The campaign seeks to educate the public about the dangers of engaging with fraudulent callers who request bank and personal details.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"story-block\">\n<p>Major General Jamal Salem Al Jallaf, Director of the General Department of Criminal Investigations, stated that the awareness campaign is part of a broader effort to inform the public about phone scams, in which fraudsters attempt to convince victims to update their personal information with government entities or banks to obtain access to the victims\u2019 financial data and ultimately drain their accounts.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"story-block\">\n<p>Major General Al Jallaf urged anyone who receives a call requesting confidential bank information to recognise it as a scam and not engage with the caller. He advised reporting such incidents immediately to the force through the nearest Smart Police Station (SPS) or via \u2018e-crime\u2019 and \u2018Police Eye\u2019 services on Dubai Police\u2019s website and smart app.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"adv\">\n<div id=\"gulfnews_uae_article_1\" data-gpt=\"Gulfnews_Article\/gulfnews_uae_article\/gulfnews_uae_article_1\" data-atf=\"0\" data-size=\"[320,50]\" data-size-mapping=\"[ [ [ 1024, 500 ], [ [300,100], [300,250], [710,250], [710,400], [1,1], [336,280], [200,200], [250,250] ] ],[ [ 768, 420], [ [300,100], [300,250], [1,1], [336,280], [200,200], [250,250] ] ],[ [640, 320], [ [300,250], [300,100], [1,1], [336,280], [200,200], [250,250] ] ],[ [0, 0], [ [300,250], [300,100], [1,1], [336,280], [200,200], [250,250] ] ] ]\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"story-block\">\n<p>The campaign features awareness messages posted on major roads, residential neighbourhoods, police patrols and at 20 smart police stations across Dubai. 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