Sri Lanka, June 27 -- Sri Lanka Police has issued a public warning following a surge in financial crimes targeting Sri Lankan citizens through various social media platforms, including Facebook, WhatsApp, Telegram, Skype, and WeChat.

During the investigations conducted by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) recently, it has been observed that there is a rapid increase in the number of instances of Sri Lankan citizens falling victim to crimes committed using social media networks such as Facebook, WhatsApp, Telegram, Skype, WeChat, etc.

Criminals use two main methods to commit such fraudulent activities, according to the Police Media Division.

The statement details that as the first method, it is advertised that people can earn ...