Letters

Somebody called me telling me he was doing some registration online and he mistakenly put my number on what he was registering, that my number is similar to his number and that the password of what he was registering was sent to my phone which I actually saw.

He was now appealing to me to give him the reset code that was sent to my phone so that he could finish his registration. I told him to call me with the number he claimed was similar to mine so that I could verify his claim and he told me he didn’t have credit on that number.

I went online to find out more, only to discover he was actually trying to reset my bank passwords and that he was an account hacker. If I had given him the code which was sent to my phone, he would have used it to reset my bank online/mobile app account.

Please let us be careful and vigilant. Fraudsters are devising new ways every day.

This is a new way of defrauding people.

Pooja Solanka.

In reference to Steve Grobler’s plea for information about books on native birds in Bahrain, published in last week’s issue of GulfWeekly.

There are two books that may be fairly old but are very informative, namely, Visitor’s Guide To Bahrain Birds - Michael and Mike Hill (1998) Government Printing Press, Copyright Protection no 288/98 and An Introduction to The Wildlife of Bahrain - Dr Mike Hill and Paul Webb, copyright, Ministry of Information.

I’m sure that the museum bookshop or any of the government libraries could source copies.

In a pinch, Mr Grobler could borrow mine … on pain of death if he does not return them!

Christine, by email.

As part of its community-involvement initiatives to support social and cultural programmes, VIVA Bahrain, through its corporate social responsibility arm, VIVA Jusoor has become the official telecom sponsor of the third Bahrain International Quran Recitation Competition.

Held annually and organised by the Ministry of Justice, Islamic Affairs and Endowments, the web-based Quran recitation which has globally attracted more than 7,000 participations previously, is now open for registrations until mid-November.

The global reciter competition which first started in 2014, and has put Bahrain on the world map for encouraging the youth to read and recite the holy Quran, is inviting entries across two categories - youth, aged up to 17 years and adults between 17 – 40 years.

Interested candidates across the globe can submit their video entries on www.quran.bh, who will be evaluated on a set criteria by a jury panel selecting three best performers. The VIVA-sponsored competition will come to a close in May 2018 with prizes worth $30,000, $25,000 and $20,000 awarded to the winners in addition to other social media competition prizes.

We are pleased to extend our support to cultural-oriented programmes that highlights our ethics and core beliefs as well as enhances cultural knowledge.

The global reciter initiative is a great platform to connect and bring together thousands of people across the world, using technology and social media channels in the best possible way.

Ulaiyan Al Wetaid, VIVA Bahrain CEO Eng.