Bahrain
Bahrain: Woman loses BD2,000 in persistent phone scam
Two expatriates swindled a woman out of BD2,000 after deceiving her to expose her bank account information, according to court files.
The two suspects are said to have posed as officials serving in a local exchange company, and they requested the woman to reveal her bank card details through a phone conversation.
They threatened her that her card will be deactivated in the event she doesn’t collaborate with them. She decided to give in to their request but her decision backfired as the culprits used the information to withdraw BD2,000.
She informed the Anti-economic Crime Directorate about the incident and the suspects were arrested.
