The Central Bank of Iraq warned, on Wednesday, of fake pages on social media sites with the names of companies licensed by the bank luring citizens with fake dollar purchases.
The bank confirmed in a statement received by Shafaq News Agency, that “the fake pages on social networking sites carry the names of licensed exchange companies that promote through social networking sites the sale of dollars at the official rate, where the citizen enters the link for the fake companies for the purpose of booking an appointment for travelers to receive the dollar, indicating that the pages The fake one gives the victim instructions and directions to deposit the dinar.”
The statement quoted the Directorate of Supervision of Non-Banking Financial Institutions as saying, “Obtaining this type of service is done through electronic reservation on the company’s official website (if available) and that the deposit process takes place exclusively at the company’s headquarters.”
The Directorate alerted the public wishing to buy the dollar at the official price of the necessity of verifying and verifying the work of these licensed companies through the official Iraqi central website, stressing that it has taken legal measures against the owners of the fake pages for these companies.
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