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Reporting a Scam in Nigeria: Ask Your Bank for a PND and a Hold Message
The fastest lever is one most victims never pull: your bank can restrict the recipient account and send a hold message to the receiving bank. The exact words to use, the tracking number you are owed in 24 hours, and the EFCC page that is not for scams.
Reporting a Scam in Saudi Arabia: Absher, Kollona Amn and 330330
Card liability starts the moment you report, and the issuer has seven business days to reverse it. What Absher, the police app and the telecom regulator each do — and which widely-quoted hotline is not an anti-fraud line at all.
Reporting a Scam in the UAE: eCrime, Aman and Sanadak
The police channels are emirate-specific even though the law is federal, and complaints about your bank go somewhere else entirely — after a 15-day wait. Plus the cloned “consumer protection” sites Dubai Police have warned about.
Reporting a Scam in Vietnam: The Old Portal Is Gone, and 156 Does More Than You Think
The reporting address printed in every guide since 2023 no longer resolves. Here is where reports go now, what the 156 line can and cannot do, and the free domain check almost nobody uses.
Reporting a Scam in the Philippines: The Five-Day Hold and Who Starts It
Your bank or e-wallet, not the police, starts the clock that holds scammed money — and you have five days to get them a police report or affidavit before the hold expires.