Kuwaiti Duped By Fake Ministry Website For KD 759
KUWAIT CITY, May 25: Officers at the Jahra Police Station have referred a forgery case involving a bank document to the Commercial Affairs Prosecution. The case was initiated after a citizen, born in 1984, reported that he had unknowingly accessed a fraudulent website, which appeared to impersonate the Ministry of Commerce. Believing it to be legitimate, he entered his bank details to complete a transaction. Shortly afterward, he was shocked to discover that 759 Kuwaiti dinars had been withdrawn from his account in two separate transactions.
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