Dubai: Scammer sends warning SMS about credit card expiry, jailed
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Convict was involved in a scam involving banks and a telecommunications company
The Dubai Criminal Court has sentenced a man, 32, who is of Asian origin, to a two-month jail term followed by deportation for forging official documents and initiating fraud against a bank’s customers and a telecommunications company.
According to police records, the telecommunications company received several complaints of a gang trying to obtain confidential numbers of its clients.
The accused sent text messages to victims telling them that their bank cards had been suspended. The text also informed the victims that they had to renew their cards by sharing their secret personal identification number (PIN).
UAE: Duo face trial in Dubai court for trying to smuggle cannabis
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Third accused is also in police custody for similar offence
Two men of Asian origin are facing trial on charges of attempting to smuggle drugs to Dubai, while a third accused has been detained for a similar offence.
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Documents available with public prosecution revealed that the incident had occurred on June 24, 2020, when the two Asian compatriots attempted to sell drugs to the third accused.
The investigators unearthed the two men’s bid to smuggle three packs of cannabis to sell them to the third accused. The two suspects were carrying cannabis weighing 82 grams.
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