PUBLIC RESEARCH / MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA
Regional scam directory.
Explore documented incidents, campaigns and warnings affecting people and businesses. See the approach, examine the evidence and follow the source.
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Source imageAbsher update SMS leads through fake government and bank logins
CloudSEK · 2022
Source imageFake betting adverts use Egyptian-pound bonuses and fabricated winnings
Group-IB, Mahmoud Mosaad · 2024
Dubai cement buyer receives false supplier payment instructions
Malay Mail / Bernama quoting Malaysian commercial-crime police · 2022
Source imageSonelgaz Facebook advert claims 100 jobs
Elbilad
Compromised relative account requests an urgent transfer
Halan news page reproducing Cabinet Media Centre / CBE warning · 2026
Source imageArabic job adverts lead applicants to fake Facebook login pages
Group-IB, Sharef Hlal and Olga Ulchenko · 2023
InstaPay support impersonation induces verification transfers
EnterpriseAM Egypt · 2026
Source imageOverdue electricity-bill messages threaten disconnection
Al-Masry Al-Youm · 2025
Interior Ministry traffic-fine payment-link messages
Youm7 reporting the Ministry of Interior statement · 2026
Fake registration for irregular-worker grants
Al Eqaria; Ministry of Labour original-page lead · 2026
Pension-withdrawal helper takes the payment card
Halan news page reproducing Cabinet Media Centre / CBE warning · 2026
Held-shipment SMS carries a fake collection link
Halan news page reproducing Cabinet Media Centre / CBE warning · 2026
All cases
- Absher update SMS leads through fake government and bank logins
- Fake betting adverts use Egyptian-pound bonuses and fabricated winnings
- Dubai cement buyer receives false supplier payment instructions
- Sonelgaz Facebook advert claims 100 jobs
- Compromised relative account requests an urgent transfer
- Arabic job adverts lead applicants to fake Facebook login pages
- InstaPay support impersonation induces verification transfers
- Overdue electricity-bill messages threaten disconnection
- Interior Ministry traffic-fine payment-link messages
- Fake registration for irregular-worker grants
- Pension-withdrawal helper takes the payment card
- Held-shipment SMS carries a fake collection link
- Fake bank promotion links offer points or rewards
- Bank-account update call requests information
- Egyptian Post impersonation demands traffic-fine payment
- Unsolicited InstaPay collection requests induce outgoing payments
- SAWA lottery asks for recharge-card PINs
- Passport-suspension SMS demands an address declaration
- Emirates ID renewal caller elicits UAE Pass approval
- Dubai Police notices and calls demand action on supposed violations
- Dubai construction-company payment diverted in email fraud
- Salik trip-fee SMS threatens fines
- Traffic-fine SMS opens a fake Metrash portal
- Ooredoo lottery requires a processing payment
- Prize messages request private bank information
- Compromised supplier email changes payment details
- Fake LMRA mobile-service app collects identity data and SMS
- Water-donation bargain leads to a false payment page
- Chicken purchase offers an air-fryer prize
- Airport caller demands vaccination details to permit travel
- Bank Muscat blocked-card message demands a callback
- Central Bank of Oman impersonator offers a quick personal loan
- Oman Post address-update SMS threatens return of a parcel
- False direct-social-assistance website collects identity and bank details
- NARSA traffic-fine texts lead to false payment links
- CIH blocked-account text imposes a ten-hour update deadline
- Police impersonators request Edahabia and postal-account secrets
- False Sonatrach recruitment announcements collect applicant information
- Fake prizes use fabricated reactions and testimonials
- False foreign-currency allowance site requests bank information
- Online registration promises money
- Fake bank prize pages request sensitive information
- WhatsApp link impersonates WFP to collect information
- Small payments for social-media tasks lead to fake investments
- Purported overseas doctor offers a driver job for advance payment
- Paid medical-report translation is sold as a route to resettlement
- Fake National Aid Fund pages promise immediate benefit payments
- Cruise-job advert leads applicants to fee payments in Irbid
- Jordan Post missing-address messages request an update
- Scholarship and tuition-payment adverts collect advance fees
- Card customer persuades payment outlet to load funds before paying
- Qi Card employee impersonation steals card secrets
- Zain Cash higher-limit adverts solicit wallet information
- Remittance-help advert impersonates Zain Cash
- Earning bots and games demand activation or withdrawal fees
- Aluminium du Maroc supplier bank-detail change diverts payments
- False private-jet CEO sends forged transfer receipt to a gift supplier
- Transaction-cancellation email lures executives to a malicious document
- Suppliers report bulk orders followed by bounced cheques and closed offices
- False Sousse landlord supplies useless keys after advance rent
- Martil holiday-rental advertiser disappears after a reservation deposit
- Humanitarian-aid caller induces bank-code entry and unauthorized transfers
- False dating profiles solicit mobile-phone credit before disappearing
- Supposed spiritual treatment demands purchases and money transfers