MUSCAT : Seven expats were arrested in Muscat Governorate on charges of online fraud after they duped people by obtaining their bank details, Royal Oman Police (ROP) said on Sunday.
According to ROP, the accused pretended to be bank employees send text messages to victims on their phone and then calling them to activate their bank cards. “During the call the suspects obtain the bank data of the customers and withdraw the victims’ money from their accounts,” ROP said.
ROP has called on the public not to respond to any call or message received from anonymous numbers or people posing to be bank employees and to refrain from providing any personal information about their bank accounts details to anyone.
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