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National Fraud Awareness campaign launched to fight online scams

Tuesday, 14 April 2020 17:43

A National Fraud Awareness campaign has been launched to educate and protect consumers against online scams in the UAE.

It’s a joint initiative by the Central Bank of the UAE, the UAE Bank Federation, Abu Dhabi Police and Dubai Police.

Running under the theme #TogetherAgainstFraud, the campaign includes a new official online page on which bank customers in the country can report fraudulent incidents.

The campaign runs until the end of the year and covers a number of scams, including COVID-19 related ones.

The Central Bank says online fraud cases have been on the rise in recent years, and are expected to further increase this year.

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