Police have urged the public to pay vigilant as scam messages are being sent to people under the police's name.
Police said they have noticed scams being conducted on messaging applications such as Viber.
Things to pay attention to:
Police stated scammers use foreign numbers starting with +48.
According to the police, the accounts are made under names such as "Maldive Police".
While requesting the public to pay attention to such messages, police said they would not contact anyone through Viber or phone calls regarding financial transactions or OTP's requesting personal information.
Police requests the public to not share any personal information such as bank account details, OTP codes or passwords.
They also urged the public not to answer calls from foreign numbers or conduct transactions through messaging applications using foreign phone numbers claiming to represent Maldivian government institutions.
Police urged the public to immediately block such numbers, report the profiles and avoid sharing any information that could make them vulnerable to scams.
According to information released last month, police said 1,584 scam cases had been reported so far this year, with more than MVR15 million lost to scams.
Police said scams involving payments made through fraudulent online businesses were the most commonly reported type of scam in the Maldives, accounting for 821 of the cases reported.
Police said the second most commonly reported type of scam involved currency exchange, with 240 cases reported, followed by 213 cases involving the fraudulent acquisition of money using a false identity.
