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Hard Times Calls for Risky Measures with COVID-19 Scams

Hard Times Calls for Risky Measures with COVID-19 Scams

As the world is looking down through a window of recession, none of us are able to see the light at the end of the tunnel. This viral contagion is not only destroying the global economies, but has established a highly profitable platform for criminals and scammers.


These scammers will make countless attempts to exploit the COVID-19 anxiety creating uncertainties in order to defraud people. Their aim is to instill the COVID-19 fear in people, where in turn people surrender to making irrational decisions in disclosing their private/confidential information. As a nation and citizens of the globe, we must understand the dangerous outcomes and varieties of these scams. Law enforcement officials and governments have already began taking security measures in combatting these criminals in the theft of data, spreading false information, and various forms of money-making scams.

The question is, how can you as a consumer be vigilant about these ongoing cyber scams? The answer is simple, as consumers we must be extremely vigilant at all times refraining from sharing our personal and/or financial information by any means. Let’s take a look at some of the most obvious forms of cyber scams fraudsters have been targeting since the outbreak of the novel corona virus.

As people around the globe are feeling the massive effects of the pandemic and adrift, their responses to certain pressures are also varied. In facing the conflicting news and information about COVID-19, we must avoid responding with shock, fear or panic at all costs.

Everyone must take serious measures to protect themselves from becoming the next victims of cybercrime. None of us have to be the next victim, if we are more vigilant about our online consumer behavior.

Click on the link below for further instructions on how to go about reporting cyber-crimes in Saudi Arabia:

Web: my.gov.sa
Customer Support Line: 920020405

Customer Support Hours: 7:30 am – 2:30 pm
Email: info@moi.gov.sa

Read below on how you can become more VIGILANT and not the next VICTIM!

Web: cisa.gov/CISAINSIGHTS
Web: cisa.gov/coronavirus
Web: us-cert.gov/ncas

Always keep in mind that with the increasing global rates of the COVID-19 pandemic, cyber criminals and scammers will be more and more persistent in order to expand their financial profit scale. Government officials and authorities worldwide are already taking the necessary protective measures to crack down on this case. The ministry of interior spokesperson Col. Talal Al-Shalhoub stated that violators and perpetrators who produce, share or send photos or videos of violations of the curfew order given by the Public Prosecution will be charged under the Article 6 of the Anti-Cyber Crime Law. The law imposes a fine up to 3 million SAR and up to five years jailtime.

WE ARE ONE GLOBAL COMMUNITY & WE ARE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER!


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