The Banking Information and Awareness Committee of Saudi banks launches an awareness video about the dangers of financial fraud

In continuation of its awareness efforts, the Banking Information and Awareness Committee in Saudi banks launched the second edition of the national campaign to raise awareness about financial fraud, “#BeCareful,” in cooperation with all Saudi banks and several official bodies in the Kingdom.
The campaign aims to educate the public about safe and secure methods of electronic financial transactions, and to urge them to protect personal and financial data.
This campaign comes in its second edition after achieving high reach results and the interaction of more than 15 million people across the Kingdom last year.
The committee published awareness content aimed at raising awareness and alerting the elderly of the dangers of financial fraud through the “Saudi Banks” account on social media platforms. The committee warned that they would fall victim to fraud, and explained that several attempts had been monitored to defraud retired clients with fake discounts and exclusive benefits for them.
It also called on society and individuals to contribute to confronting fraud with the necessary knowledge, and to educate the elderly about its dangers, and stressed the importance of providing support and assistance to them in understanding the methods of digital banking operations, and the necessary protection measures while browsing the Internet, including updating protection programs on electronic devices, and avoiding sharing information. Personal or financial information via phone or email without careful verification, and not responding to someone impersonating a bank employee or an employee of any government agency, or sharing his data.
The campaign also seeks to empower individuals with the necessary knowledge, and to shed light on the new and recently spread methods, according to what was monitored by the relevant authorities. The Banking Media and Awareness Committee in Saudi banks indicated that the communication strategy in the “#Be_Careful” campaign aims to encourage community members to participate in the awareness mission through their interaction with the campaign’s outputs, and to contribute to disseminating awareness advice on ways to avoid financial fraud through various channels.