Written by Ahmed Hosni
Monday, 06 March 2023 04:00 PM
The means of electronic fraud are multiplied by the multiplicity of forms and fraudsters, so that the victims fall prey to these accused. Behind the screen of modern devices, the imposter gets the money without thinking regarding the punishment that will fall on him by the judiciary, and “The Seventh Day” explains in the following points, how to protect yourself from Email scam.
Citizens must be convinced not to pay sums of money online in order to profit.
Not paying sums of money to unknown parties that do not have headquarters in Egypt.
Do not believe unreliable ads online.
– Ensure the existence of official contracts documented by the private lawyer.
– Not to pay any sums of money to persons unknown to you.
– Not believing the high benefits that needy people try to lure you into.
The Ministry of Interior, under the supervision of Major General Mahmoud Tawfiq, Minister of Interior, succeeded in apprehending those in charge of a criminal network led by foreign elements that defrauded citizens and seized their money by claiming to invest it for them through an electronic application via the Internet.
This came within the framework of the Ministry of Interior’s efforts to uncover the circumstances of what a number of citizens have reported to have been harmed by those in charge of managing the (Hogg Pool) application on the Internet, because they defrauded and defrauded them and seized their money by deluding them into investing their money to achieve daily profits using the aforementioned application. They were surprised by the closure of the application following the seizure of their money, which amounted to regarding 19 million pounds.
The security services were able, through conducting investigations, collecting information and technical dealings, to identify and monitor the elements of that criminal network who are in charge of managing the aforementioned application. their illegal activity.
After the procedures were legalized, they were targeted and seized, and they were in possession of (95 mobile phones – 3,367 mobile phone lines – 9 group messaging modems – 7 computers – 39 computer screens and their contents – 3 cars – sums of money in local and foreign currencies “amounting to regarding 600 thousand pounds” – a number 41 credit cards to banks abroad), and confronting them, they admitted that they formed a gang formation that targeted those who wanted to achieve quick financial gains via the Internet and seized their money through a number of electronic wallets (their number reached 88 wallets), which are then distributed to many other electronic wallets (their number reached 9965 wallets) to avoid security monitoring, and they also admitted that they closed the application following they were able to seize that money, and that they were in the process of launching another electronic application under the name (RIOT) for the same purpose in the context of completing their criminal activity, so legal measures were taken.