KUWAIT CITY, Jul 6: A Kuwaiti citizen lost her entire bank balance in just minutes due to a scam. An unknown individual, posing as a representative of a well-known domestic workers company, initially deposited 1,000 dinars into her account before immediately withdrawing it. According to a security source, the scammer accessed all her personal and banking information, including her secret number, after she clicked on a link he sent.

The incident began when the citizen searched online for a domestic workers company and called a local number that appeared in the results. The scammer, pretending to be from the company, asked her to send two dinars to reserve a service and sent her a link for the payment. He also requested her location via WhatsApp.

Upon entering the link, she discovered that her entire bank balance of 528 dinars had been withdrawn. When she contacted her bank's customer service, they confirmed the withdrawal had occurred via a banking transaction and that an additional 1,000 dinars had been deposited and withdrawn simultaneously.

A security source urged citizens and residents to avoid using unreliable links to prevent similar scams, emphasizing that fraudsters employ various tricks to access bank accounts and perform unauthorized transactions. The 1,000 dinars deposited was likely acquired through illegal means. The incident has been classified as a felony under "bank fraud."