Ajman Police campaign against fake reward callers

ajman — The Ajman Police have kicked off a new campaign that aims to overcome the growing phenomenon of “phone embezzlement” by fraudsters offering various fake rewards.

According to Major Ahmed Saeed Al Nuaimi, deputy director of the Criminal investigation Department (CID), that the campaign, titled ‘Bogus Rewards’, mainly aims to stop these fraudulent activities, carried out by people who call their victims, claiming that the latter have won a reward.

The fraudsters then request their victims to send them a sum of money in order to claim the reward, and many victims fall prey to these misleading claims.

“We have been notified by various victims who fell prey to the claims of these fraudsters after transferring money to the callers. According to victims’ testimony, the fraudsters called and introduced themselves as employees of a company and congratulated them on winning the grand prize. They claimed reward would be sent to them after transferring a certain amount to them,” said Major Al Nuaimi.

The campaign is being held in cooperation with Etisalat, to urge people who receive such calls not to respond to them. The public prosecution will also take part in the campaign by increasing people’s awareness about the hefty penalty of being engaged in any fraudulent activity.

The public are urged not to give out any of their bank account details or transfer money to people they do not know.