Two people have been arrested in a case in which MVR 92,000 was taken through an unknown transaction, where they shared an OTP code after clicking a link sent by someone they met in a Telegram group.

According to the police website, they received a report on Monday where money was fraudulently taken from someone's account.

The police arrested the owner of the account where the deposit was made, along with an accomplice, the very next day. The two who were arrested are Mohamed Fazeel, HA. Hoarafushi, Fine Park, and Abshar Rasheed, GDh. Fiyoari, Fine Beach.

The two suspects were remanded for 15 days after they were produced to court.

Police have urged the public to take precautions against scams by avoiding unknown links sent online, never sharing OTP codes, verifying the legitimacy of recipients before making payments or conducting online transactions, and not disclosing personal or banking information.