A citizen in the Tabuk region did not expect that he would be a victim of a fraud and scam that he was exposed to within minutes that cost him 400,000 riyals.
The citizen said, “He preferred not to be named” toNews 24He applied to one of the famous websites for hiring domestic workers for a month, and during the completion of the application, he was surprised that the system had gone out of service.
Minutes later, he added, he received a call from a fixed number stating that the site and the system were out of service, and he wanted to complete the request manually, only to be surprised once once more that an “institution beneficiary” had been activated on his bank account and an amount of 400,000 riyals had been transferred from his account to the account of that institution.
He confirmed that he immediately informed the bank, which stated that it would track the transfer, but the bank responded a week later that the transfer was done correctly, and if he had an objection to the transfer, he should review the security authorities, stressing that the fraudster threatened him if he did anything.