Beware of Scammers’ New Method: Your Phone Number May Be Copied!

Recently, cyber attacks have been occurring continuously. We come across various examples of this in Turkey, as everywhere in the world. The latest incident reveals the new method of fraudsters.

In general copy phone number It is one of the most frequently used fraud methods. Abdurrahim Albayrak, former manager of Galatasaray and businessman, also became a victim of these fraudsters.

When a citizen, who said he introduced himself as a bank officer, realized that he had been defrauded, he called back the number that called him, but a name he never expected appeared.

Citizen thought he was defrauded by Albayrak

It was recently revealed that a 63-year-old citizen was also defrauded using the same method. The 63-year-old person called by phone said that the callers introduced themselves as bank officials and made a transfer of 100 thousand liras to another account, claiming “there is confusion in your account”.

Realizing that he had been defrauded after the incident, the person contacted the police and stated that when he called the phone number that called him, former Galatasaray manager Abdurrahim Albayrak appeared. Albayrak said the following on the subject:

“We had a very unpleasant incident. Fraudsters copied my number. Every time I answered the phone, I heard incredible insults. I could not understand what was happening. The callers did not know me. I tried to explain to 50-60 people that this was the work of fraudsters. Many people became victims. Thanks to me, our police teams have established a very large network. They said they destroyed it.”