Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) — The press service of the Central Bank of the Republic of Uzbekistan has issued a warning about a newly identified form of remote fraud targeting citizens of the country.

According to the regulator, scammers are posing as employees of mobile service providers and, under the pretext of renewing a mobile service contract, initiate a so-called “survey.” Subsequently, the potential victim receives a message on Telegram from an account disguised with the branding of the Central Bank.

In this message, a supposed “representative” of the Central Bank informs the individual about alleged unauthorized access to their personal accounts on banking and payment platforms. Under this pretense, the victim is told they need to “finalize the closure of a credit line.” If the person refuses, the scammers escalate the situation by threatening criminal liability for supposed involvement in a financial crime.

To appear more credible, the fraudsters include documents sourced from the public domain — such as excerpts from the Criminal Procedure Code taken from the official legal portal lex.uz.

If a person falls for the scheme, the attackers gain access to their bank cards and funds.

The Central Bank strongly urges citizens to remain vigilant, not to trust suspicious messages, and to remember that the Central Bank does not send out such notifications and is not involved in any operations related to the closure of personal credit lines.