TRA responds to hoax Dhs 5,000 VPN fine SMS
23 January 2018
TRA responds to hoax Dhs 5,000 VPN fine SMS
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.
UAE’s Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) responded to rumours regarding paying Dh5,000 fine at the nearest police station for using VPN.
Taking to Twitter on Sunday night, both etisalat and TRA rubbished the message as fake as it wasn’t sent by them.
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