Abu Dhabi Police warns of scams targeting bank accounts

Abu Dhabi, Mar 22, 2010 (WAM)- Abu Dhabi Police officials have warned of online fraud schemes that involve bank accounts of individual users in the country. The Criminal Investigation Department of Abu Dhabi Police has received reports on fraudulent attempts where fraudsters and look-like-real providers of banking services targeting bank accounts deceive customers into phishing, a criminally fraudulent process of attempting to acquire sensitive information by masquerading as a trustworthy entity in an electronic communication, according to the head of the Department Colonel Rashid Bu Rasheed.
The police official warned of fraudulent emails in which fraudsters, in bogus emails, pose as representatives of banks and ask recipients to fill in application forms with their sensitive information, such as like login username and passwords, PIN numbers, and account numbers, in order for their de-activated bank accounts to be re-activated.
The majority of scammers caught by Abu Dhabi Police are from Africa, Colonel Bu Rasheed revealed. Director General of Electronic Crime Department Captain Omar Al-Tunaiji urged the public not to respond to such emails which leads them to disclose their financial information. He further urged individuals to always check their accounts, withdrawals and to immediately report any suspicious transactions.