{"id":53326,"date":"2021-11-26T15:27:50","date_gmt":"2021-11-26T11:27:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/en\/?p=53326"},"modified":"2021-11-26T15:27:50","modified_gmt":"2021-11-26T11:27:50","slug":"dubai-resident-warns-people-about-a-fraudulent-phone-call-claiming-they-were-dubai-police","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/en\/latest\/dubai-resident-warns-people-about-a-fraudulent-phone-call-claiming-they-were-dubai-police\/","title":{"rendered":"Dubai Resident Warns People About A Fraudulent Phone Call Claiming They Were Dubai Police"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dubai Police have repeatedly issued multiple advisories warning people about fraudulent calls and messages. And now, a Dubai resident has warned people about a fake call from a number, verifying personal information.<\/p>\n

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The call was from a U.S.A or a Canadian number, pretending they were from CID or Dubai Police<\/h2>\n

They even verified some personal information with her and also sent an OTP using the Dubai Police system.<\/p>\n

So, if you got OTPs from Dubai Police through an SMS but you didn\u2019t try to verify anything, RUN IT\u2019S A SCAM!\u00a0Although getting a text message from the police seems legit as day, you have to be double careful because scams are everywhere these days.<\/p>\n

How can you tell it\u2019s a scam?<\/p>\n

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  1. Dubai Police will never call to ask for an OTP<\/li>\n
  2. Dubai Police will never call from a 050 number or any other variation of that.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    Besides, they also called one of her clients and were about to take 5000 USD from his bank<\/h2>\n

    The resident wishes to raise awareness that such people are pretending to call from the Dubai Police and its best to cut the call and not divulge any personal details.<\/p>\n

    BEWARE!<\/h2>\n

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