Dubai Police have warned residents against downloading unknown programmes and apps on smartphones.
In a recent incident, the cybercrimes department of the Dubai Police was able to solve the mystery of a credit card fraud, where a customer lost Dh30,000.
Cybercrimes department launched an investigation and found that the complainant had stored the pictures of his credit card on the phone. Some criminals copied all the information and pictures on the phone via some programme.
The department is managing about 3,000 electronic patrols per month to close suspicious sites and social media accounts that are being reported having viruses.
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