Fake websites advertising best fast food prices in Bahrain used to loot bank accounts

If you are by any chance had trained your eyes at advertisements showing mouth-watering pictures of burgers and fried chicken at eye-popping low prices.

Think twice before clicking links posted along with such advertisements.

Chances are that it is a trap set to drain your bank account.

Manesh, a resident of Bahrain, who clicked such a link to buy a burger from an international brand, got a shock of his life when an SMS chimed on his phone saying he lost BD600 dinars from his account.

“I was trying to pay a dinar and 100 fils for a burger that came with a big offer,” Manesh told Tribune.

“But, I ended up losing BD600.

“They took my money as pounds instead of dinars.

“I had informed this to Bank and awaiting their action.

“I am also filing a police complaint,” he told Tribune.

The people behind this online fraud are preying upon unsuspecting minds by baiting them with discounts of up to 50% through social media platforms.

For this, they had also set up fake sites of almost all international food brands.

Tribune understands that this way, these scammers are pocketing hefty amounts from people here.

Those jumping at the mind-boggling offers are landing in shock after clicking away all their savings.

People who lost money say they got trapped attracted by advertisements posted on social media.

Such sites are so original that one could hardly notice any difference.

Products also display the prices and pictures as in the original websites.

The website, however, has a slightly different address.

But, even regular customers had failed to notice this.

Manesh came to know about the depth of the scam when he shared his ordeal with his friends, who also said the same tale.

Tribune had earlier reported about the rise of online fraud in Bahrain.

We also learn that police have started looking into a sudden increase in complaints filed.