58% of people in Oman dealt with banking frauds
By: Times News Service
Muscat: The recent Kaspersky survey showed that 58 per cent of people in Oman dealt with the fraudsters who were trying to steal money, bank card details, internet banking credentials in 2020.
45 per cent of respondent’s encountered scammers themselves, 12 per cent said it was their loved ones who had interacted with criminals and the other 1 per cent marked both categories.
According to the survey, the fraudsters’ criminal attempts increased in 2020, 46 per cent of respondents consider that scammers had targeted them or their loved ones more frequently during the coronavirus pandemic and self-isolation. Scammers exploited different ways and statements in their manipulations to reach victims.