The National Bank of Bahrain also warned its customers against sharing their account details or pin numbers with anyone.
Text messages were reportedly received by a number of people in Bahrain claiming they had won an NBB cash prize and requesting them to use their ATM cards with a special pin number.
“During the last 24 hours a number of people in Bahrain have received fraudulent SMS about winning an NBB cash prize and requesting them to use their ATM cards with a special pin number,” said the bank’s advisory to its customers.
“As communicated earlier, please refrain from sharing your account details and your pin numbers with anyone and report all suspicious communication immediately on 17214433.”
A bank representative confirmed the warning.
“Many people have received some form of communication promising them that they have won prizes from NBB when in reality this has nothing to do with the bank,” he told the GDN.
“We would like to assure our customers that the bank would communicate with them directly and not through a text message or Instagram message asking them for their information.
“We urge customers to refrain from sharing their account details or pin number with anyone.”
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