Recently, people have been getting texts from scammers pretending to be Uber or Qatar Post. This has been going on for a long time, but scams in Qatar have increased majorly over the past few weeks, and the majority of the people living in Doha are starting to get annoyed (as they should)!

Watch out for texts like these…

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Once you click on that link…

It’ll redirect you to…

A website in a foreign language which translates to “the domain is currently expired”. The entire goal behind these phishing texts is to trick people into giving up their personal information such as their credit card details, so definitely be very careful of who you’re giving out any information to.

If you’re reading this we hope you haven’t been a victim of these scams in Qatar, but even if you have make sure to report your incident!

You can report scams to the Ministry of Interior (MOI) and Communications Regulatory Authority (CRA). Find the details below:

Ministry of Interior (MOI): In case of any scam or suspicious online activity, the MOI urges people to contact the Cyber Crime Investigation Centre:

Phone: 42347444 or 66815757

E-mail: cccc@moi.gov.qa

Communications Regulatory Authority (CRA): The Communications Regulatory Authority urges residents to share their scam stories related to mobiles, calls, or spam at:

Email: consumervoice@cra.gov.qa.

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