TRA responds to hoax Dh5,000 VPN fine SMS

Dubai - A hoax SMS went viral this week, asking some residents to pay Dh5,000 fine at the nearest police station for illegal use of VPN.

Published: Tue 23 Jan 2018, 9:04 PM

Updated: Wed 24 Jan 2018, 8:14 AM

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UAE's Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) responded to rumours regarding paying Dh5,000 fine at the nearest police station for using VPN.

#?????
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- ???? ????? ????????? (@TheUAETRA) January 22, 2018

A hoax SMS went viral this week, asking some residents to pay Dh5000 fine at the nearest police station for illegal use of VPN and calling cards.
TRA has warned residents against circulating the hoax message.

@DubaiPoliceHQ salam and good afternoon.
There is currently some strange message circulating on social media. Is it true?
Shukran@etisalat pic.twitter.com/wxcjOTwZwq
- Faissal Lachhab (@FLachhab) January 22, 2018

Taking to Twitter on Sunday night, both etisalat and TRA rubbished the message as fake as it wasn't sent by them.

Is this true??? #dubai #skypeblocked well blocking it is one thing, but fines on using VPN? pic.twitter.com/ntKeUECplK
- Sumerah saeed (@SunehriChiriya) January 22, 2018

The hoax message was flagged on Twitter after UAE netizens tweeted a screen grab of the message to the concerned authorities.

Dear Sumerah, please note that this message is not from Etisalat.
- Etisalat UAE (@etisalat) January 22, 2018

TRA responds to hoax Dh5,000 VPN fine SMS

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