Saudi Interpol warns of Fraudulent emails

Riyadh, December 23, 2009 (SPA) -- The Saudi Interpol (The Saudi National Central
Office of Interpol) warned citizens today on numerous fraudulent e-mails' attempts
from outside the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia targeting some citizens who subscribe to
email accounts.


"The email messages in question, contain sender request to transfer huge amount of
money from their bank accounts to the victims' accounts in return for a certain
percentage of the full amount to be sent by the victims, prior to receiving the
full amount. The crooks give many justifications for the reason behind
sum-transfer. This might worsen, when the victim is contacted via telephone to
agree on the amount to be paid by the victim in order to complete the transfer
process."


"Usually the fraudsters, who send (such emails) adopts names of international
organizations, charities or names of known individuals to gain the confidence of
the victim, and when the amount agreed upon is received, the sender cut contact
with the victim and make it difficult for him (the victim) to prosecute or retrieve
the sent sums," said the Saudi Interpol.

The Ministry of Interior's (MOI) Saudi Interpol has stressed that Saudi citizens
should not interact with such emails and ignored them completely to avoid becoming
a victim to these fraudsters.


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