Passers hunt the victims with a fake reduction of “traffic violations”

Electronians used a trick to seduce victims with misleading advertisements for reducing the value of traffic violations with police agencies in the country, including Dubai Police, through social media platforms, with the aim of seizing bank card data, or hacking accounts.

The Director of Electronic Crime at the General Administration of Investigations and Criminal Investigation in Dubai Police, Brigadier Saeed Al -Hajri, told «Emirates Today» that criminals are trying to exploit any gap, stressing the need to verify the correct source, represented in government departments or service agencies, and to ensure more than one. A source of the authenticity of the offers or services announced through social media platforms.

A traffic source told «Emirates Today» that there is no truth to the content published on some social media platforms on reducing traffic violations, noting that the competent authorities announce this through their official platforms if approved.

Conflicts took advantage of the interest of many members of the community in the initiatives to reduce traffic violations, which are launched by police services on various occasions, to lure members of society with misleading ads.

The deceptive propaganda included an advertisement published through “Facebook”, led by the slogan and name of Dubai Police, promoting a 50% discount of the value of traffic violations.

The advertisement carried a copy of the interface to check the violations in the police application, with the ability to enter and register.

The advertisement received the attention of a large number of followers, and it was re -published dozens of times, and by checking it, it was found that it was published at the expense of a false.

The Emirates Today followed other similar announcements that promote a discount on traffic violations, at the federal level, and in different emirates.

Brigadier Saeed Al -Hajri stated that electronic fraudsters are always trying to find new gaps to inflict victims through misleading service advertisements, pointing out that they are circumventing the algorithms of some social media platforms that have to update their audits to prevent the spread of this type of content.

He pointed out that misleading ads are not limited to the service side, such as propaganda to reduce violations and others, but also include leaflets to invest in shares of major credible companies, and the fraudsters are keen to diversify the means of advertising to tempt victims, such as videos of people who invested in these shares, and have made major gains And he continued that the misleading propaganda used by fraudsters also includes advertisements for trading some digital currencies, pointing out that there are platforms that lack this type of risk appropriately, perhaps because their techniques have not evolved enough to deal with content that is broadcast or published in Arabic.

On ways to deal with this propaganda, and avoid falling into the trap of fraudsters, he said that there is something that can be described as “home duty”, which is what the user must adhere to, and is to verify the advertisement through specific steps, the first of which is the lack of deception and the quick response to these ads, Then make sure it is correct by documenting it through more than one source.

He added that the ads related to service matters must be documented by the authorities equipped for the same service, because they will undoubtedly be published first through their official channels, and an order cannot be hidden as well as members of society.

He continued that if the advertisement promotes an investment in an activity, such as stocks or digital currencies, then it is imperative that the user first verify the nature of the company promoting this investment, and that it is registered and well Most of this information has become available on specialized platforms such as LinkedIn.

He explained that electronic fraud is the most prevalent crime in the world, especially from the lure gap through fake or false investment, pointing out that the messages or declarations of fraud are often promoted as a campaign, and they send hundreds of messages and ads at once, and can be sent from outside the country.

He emphasized the seizure of many of those involved in these crimes, and that there is international cooperation in this aspect to control those involved from abroad, except from the countries that suffer internally, and these criminals are active.

He continued that the problem with these crimes is the difficulty of restoring the stolen money, so it is imperative that users be vigilant and consciously deal, and not to include their bank cards data through suspicious links.

Al -Hajri pointed out that many user data is available to marketing companies, but the law imposes on these authorities to protect data and maintain their confidentiality. He said that there is an ongoing necessity to educate users about the data disclosure mechanisms.

A gap for defrauding the victims

The misleading ads that promote to reduce the value of the fine of violations included deceptive information, including checking the violations, then luring to perform safe payments, according to the fraudsters, with a promise to obtain an immediate confirmation of payment, and the claim that they will not bear additional fees, pointing out that the offer is available for a specific period .

A traffic source affirmed that everything that is promoted in this regard was not correct, noting that the fraudsters are taking advantage of the community members’ interest in traffic, to deceive them in these methods.