Lebanon's General Directorate of Internal Security Forces warned against calls made by fraudsters impersonating "Dubai Duty Free" representatives and telling citizens they had won cash prizes of up to $20,000 in order to defraud them. Lebanese media outlets carried the warning in successive reports, focusing on the calls and messages claiming a win.
MTV Lebanon focused on the official wording of the warning, the claimed prize ceiling ($20,000) and the fraudsters' impersonation, while Lebanon ON presented it in a brief video report and lebanon debate framed it as a "new trap" tied to winning messages without mentioning the prize amount.