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Yasser Al-Rehaily, a specialist in cybersecurity, confirmed that there are several ways that a person can follow to escape from falling into the trap of electronic fraud, which has multiplied these days and takes many forms, and its entrance may be a strange link or a post on Twitter.

Al-Rehaili said in an interview with the "Blind Spot" program broadcast on the "Saudi Arabia" channel, that not disclosing secret numbers to anyone, and keeping bank account data without exposing them to any party, is one of the most ways to avoid fraud.

No to weird links
And he stressed the need not to open any strange link that links to the mobile phone, social media, or e-mail, because that is the entrance for those wishing to defraud, as well as paying attention when responding to the request of the mobile phone to update the system, whether Android or iPhone devices.

He added, "Sometimes the argument may be to eliminate the gaps or viruses that penetrated the device, but the developers of the phone system themselves could be the hackers."

He also warned of the importance of not disclosing personal or confidential data, adding that fraud does not require the occurrence of an electronic hack, "because hacking is more difficult than fraud, and if a hack occurs with one link, this may lead to a global crisis, because the hacker can access millions of devices in that case."

Personal data.. secrets

Al-Rehaili added that the ease of fraud is that the victim is often the one who dictates the data himself, and therefore one should avoid mentioning any personal data to others, such as the identity number, bank card or bank account numbers, and passwords for various applications.

Finally, he noted that excessive fear of hacking may implicate a person to fall victim to fraud, and therefore one must remain calm and avoid dealing with links that come from unknown or suspicious sources.