4 December, Nay Pyi Taw
H.E. Dr. Thida Oo, the Union Minister and Attorney General of the Union, attended the legal awareness session on online financial scams was held in the ground-floor meeting hall of the Ministry of Legal Affairs at 1:00 p.m. today.
The Deputy Minister and Deputy Attorney General including Directors General, Deputy Directors General and Directors and about 200 officers and staff of the Ministry of Legal Affairs, were also present at the session.
During the session, U Kyaw Min Aung, the Deputy Director of the Prosecution Department, presented the purpose of the legal awareness session, the most common types of online scams, real-life examples of online financial scams, tips and warnings for preventing online financial scams, and procedures and remedies to follow after being scammed.
According to the presentation, it was noted that to prevent unauthorized withdrawals or fraudulent access to online banking accounts and payment platforms (K Pay, AYA Pay, and Wave Pay, etc.), individuals must avoid clicking on links and downloading applications sent by unknown persons or by persons impersonating known contacts, and also avoid sharing any usernames, passwords, or OTP codes with them; the authenticity of the payee must be checked and verified before completing any payments for online purchases or investments; if the payee is not an authentic business person or a legitimate investment entity, the transferred money may be lost; as online scammers often gain access to a victim’s Pay Accounts (K Pay, AYA Pay, Wave Pay, etc.) exploiting the victim’s SIM card registered in the victim’s Citizenship Scrutiny Card (CSC) number, or they used to create and open fake Pay Accounts via fraudulent phone number using the victim’s name, and CSC Number, individuals must safeguard their SIM cards registered in their CSC card and name and any pay accounts opened in their name; individuals should be aware of selling SIM cards registered in their own names or any of their accounts because legal consequences would result if online scammers exploited those materials in scamming; and if individuals become victims of an online scam, they must immediately report the incident to the nearest police station and to the relevant bank via its hotline.
It was also noted that as this session is based on a current cutting-edge issue, the Ministry of Legal Affairs will provide further legal awareness sessions on online financial scams to remaining staff who were absent this session as well as to officers and staff from other ministries and departments.
(MOLA’s News)