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Abu Dhabi police warn of contactless card thefts - ArabianBusiness.com

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Abu Dhabi police are warning local residents that money may be stolen from their bank balances through “electronic magnetisation” and exploitation of contactless payment technology.

The warning comes after widely shared videos emerged on social media purporting to show contactless payment technology being used to steal funds from victims without their knowledge.

In a statement, Colonel Amran Ahmed Al Mazrouei, Abu Dhabi’s director of criminal investigations, said that although such thefts were possible, none has so far been recorded in the emirate.

From Abu Dhabi police warn of contactless card thefts - ArabianBusiness.com.

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