You might have received recently lot of IMO, Viber and whatsapp calls that they are calling from local telecom company and your number won the prize of QAR 200,000 and asked us to provide the personal information such as Qatar Id or SIM Card number etc these sort of fake people acts put end by Brigadier General Jamal Mohammed Al Kaabi, director of the Criminal Investigation Department.
He added that necessary investigation procedures were quickly started by coordinating with local banks and also Qatar Central Bank. The suspicious money transfers were analyzed and a number of people of Asian nationalities were arrested for fraudulent withdrawals from the accounts of victims.
As many as 16 people have been arrested by the security services on charges of duping people and committing electronic fraud.
