Khaberni - The Cybercrime Unit at the Public Security Directorate has warned against falling victim to a new type of fraud, perpetrated by scammers aiming to steal victims' money through social media.
The unit stated in its announcement that fraudsters resort to creating new methods to gather funds, the latest of which, according to information and complaints received by the unit, involved creating and using fake pages bearing the names and images of public figures and linking them to alleged financial trading companies to deceive victims and gain their trust.
The unit also alerted that these pages have been posting fake AI-generated television interviews that encourage people to subscribe to these fictitious companies, which claim to be specialized platforms analyzing financial markets and their fluctuations.
These pages defraud people, including a page named (Jordan Capital), claiming it trades financially and automatically executes transactions on behalf of the client, falsely claiming to generate stable profits by processing algorithms for market indicators and depositing the profits in the subscribers' accounts.
Moreover, these suspicious pages publish false news using the logos of licensed Jordanian news websites in order to lend some credibility to the scamming process, and they publish (supposed profits) and psychologically calculated comments bearing names of families from Jordan to create a sense of trust in dealing.
The Cybercrime Unit pointed out that these pages invite followers to subscribe with a modest amount in exchange for a high return, leading to citizens falling prey to their scams and victims of their fraud.
The unit emphasized the necessity for citizens to avoid falling into these traps or engaging in such experiences, to refrain from following these invitations, and to stay away from opening the links that are published, confirming that it will follow legal procedures to deal with these pages.
