The Dubai Police have tasks of a fraud union accused or deceiving the owners of multiple vehicles making them pass by buyers in a popular online sales platform and paying with the formed check.
The suspects orchestrated a sophisticated scheme in which a member contacted vehicle vendors to agree on a purchase, while another led to a company representative to end the transfer of property and delivers a falsified check.
Once the transaction was completed, the vehicle was immediately exported outside the country using documents registered by the new fraudulently acquired owner.
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The Anti -Fraud Center of the Criminal Investigation Department received reports from similar incidents, revealing that the gang operated inside and outside the EAU.
The suspects selected high -value vehicles that appear for online sale and presented themselves as representatives of accredited institutions to gain the trust of the victims.
They would send an associate to inspect the car in the seller’s residence and then organize that the final transaction takes place at night in a vehicle registration branch, creating a false sensation of urgency and credibility.
After the transfer of the property, the criminal passes through the buyer would use a copy of the passport of the newly registered owner to send the vehicle abroad the same night.
The fraud would only come to light when the victim tried to collect the check and discovered that he was forged.
The Dubai Police urges the public members to adopt the necessary security precautions when selling vehicles, including the verification of the authenticity of checks with banks and insisting on receiving total payment in cash before signing on the property.
The community members are also urged to inform fraud through the nearest police station and the cyber fraud to the Eccrimime platform of the Dubai OA police through the Smart Smart Smart application of the Dubai Police.
