Police have arrested a gang that allegedly cheated a landowner out of Dh160,000.
Two African fraudsters posing as interested buyers cheated M.R, a landowner, of his money after he advertised a plot for sale online.
The two suspects told the victim they would only be able to pay him after they gave Dh400,000 to their bank in Africa to unfreeze their funds.
M.R gave the two men about Dh160,000 in good faith, but after they received the money they started to give various excuses to delay the deal. They then said their money had been stamped with a UN stamp and that they needed to buy a chemical to remove it. After M.R realised he had been cheated he contacted Dubai Police and the department that tackles financial fraud raided the apartment they were staying in and arrested them.
Two African fraudsters posing as interested buyers cheated M.R, a landowner, of his money after he advertised a plot for sale online.
The two suspects told the victim they would only be able to pay him after they gave Dh400,000 to their bank in Africa to unfreeze their funds.
M.R gave the two men about Dh160,000 in good faith, but after they received the money they started to give various excuses to delay the deal. They then said their money had been stamped with a UN stamp and that they needed to buy a chemical to remove it. After M.R realised he had been cheated he contacted Dubai Police and the department that tackles financial fraud raided the apartment they were staying in and arrested them.
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