Muscat – Ten Asian nationals suspected of involvement in an online scam have been arrested by the Directorate General of Criminal Investigation in a fresh police clamp on cybercriminals.
The suspects are accused of sending telephone messages to victims and telling that their bank and credit cards would be blocked if they did not open a link in the email
The Royal Oman Police (ROP) warned citizens and residents of online and telephone fraudulent calls to con them out of their money.
It urged them to ignore all social media messages and calls claiming to be a communications company, a bank or a famous person requesting personal data, PIN, claiming that you have won a prize in kind or cash among others.