Footage: A Woman Tells Abu Dhabi Police How She Was Nearly Duped In Clever Phone Scam
Too often these days, we’re hearing of scams taking place in the UAE (See Emirates and Lulu hypermarket scams in recent weeks).
Usually an effort to extort money, the scams are most often found on social media, however a post from Abu Dhabi Police alerted residents to a telephone scam.
After a resident recieved a call from a telephone company claiming she had won a government competition, she immediately alerted authorities…
Abu Dhabi Police shared the story
امرأة عربية تحكي قصة تعرضها لعملية نصب هاتفي من أشخاص محتالين مدعين حصولها على جائزة مالية فاستنجدت بـ #شرطة_أبوظبي لإنقاذها.#خلك_حذر pic.twitter.com/18K7dTSeXJ
— شرطة أبوظبي (@ADPoliceHQ) April 16, 2018