More than 80 per cent of respondents in Bahrain to a survey highlighting the victims of online scammers revealed that they, or their loved ones, had suffered from criminals via social media.
In most cases fraudsters pretended to be familiar with their potential targets in a manipulation scheme presented as a request for help from a friend (71pc), according to the investigation carried out by global cybersecurity and digital privacy company, Kaspersky.
“Social media channels are highly integrated in our daily life and scammers just cannot miss the opportunity to reach users directly through all the popular platforms,” said Maher Yamout, senior security researcher at Kaspersky.
“The fraudsters may find your personal data in your social media account and use it, for example with social engineering methods. In this case, we shouldn’t forget about basic security rules. For example, it’s better to hide private data and double-check that the person you are communicating with is genuine if he urgently asks you to transfer money or open a suspicious link.”
The size of the survey was not revealed but the company said 83pc of users in Bahrain encountered online scammers in the last year.
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