The Anti-Economic Crimes Department at the Dubai Police, within less than an hour, arrested an African gang on charges of defrauding with counterfeit $15 million.
Dubai: An elderly man lost Dh200,000 after a professed sorcerer convinced him to pay money in order to remove a spell that he claimed was adversely affecting his health and wealth.
According to Colonel Omar Bin Hamad, Deputy Director of Anti-Economic Crimes Department at Dubai Police, the victim was planning to part with more money to the scammer but a relative informed the police.
“Dubai Police received a call about a man who had transferred Dh200,000 to a person in an Arab country to remove the so-called spell which he was told was damaging his health and wealth,” said Col Bin Hamad.