Police have launched an investigation into the dealings of Hussain Iyaz Ahmed of Shaviyani Feydhoo who has been accused of scamming more than MVR 56 from his victims.
Police said that the suspect's scam was promising to import goods from abroad by taking funds from unsuspecting victims and that they wanted to determine whether he had scammed more people.
Police then urged the public to contact its Economic Crime Department via 9790048, if the suspect has scammed any other individual.
While many scammers have targeted online users to manipulate money, Police said scammers are now more likely to target users using social media platforms like Facebook, Instagram, and other social media sites.
Police also said that some scammers call up individuals and pretend to be their relatives or friends and try to borrow money, in most cases using the ruse of needing funds for hospital bills.
Police warned that they use other ruses too to manipulate large sums of money from victims.
