(MENAFN- Khaleej Times) Some of the gangs arrested were based in the UAE while some others were found operating from outside the country.
Dubai: The Dubai Police have recently busted several gangs operating fake recruitment and investment websites. Some of those arrested were based in the UAE while some others were found operating from outside the country.
In one of the cases a Saudi national sent a complaint on Twitter to Lt-General Dhahi Khalfan Tamim Deputy Chairman of the Dubai Police and General Security saying he was cheated by a Dubai-based company that said it helps students obtain TOEFL and IELTS certificates without sitting for any exam. He said that he transferred money to the company but after that there was no response from them.
Major-General Khalil Ibrahim Al Mansouri Assistant Commander-in-Chief of Dubai Police for Criminal Investigation said the police launched investigation and found that a gang was operating the fake certificate racket from a rented apartment in Dubai and would specifically target naive students and people who wished to obtain certificates for the exams.
He said the General Department of Cyber Crimes of the Dubai Police had also received a number of complaints from victims saying they were cheated by fake recruitment companies that through websites asked the applicant to send in his or her CV. After registering on the website the aspirants were given a landline number starting with 056. On calling the number somebody would answer the call and reassure the applicants that their CVs had been shortlisted. The company would then ask the applicant to send them money in order to get the employment contract. They would also ask the applicant to send money for visa and immigration fees. Since the company lured people with attractive salaries naive applicants would end up sending money to the fake company after which they did not hear from the company at all.
False investment promises
Major-Gen Salem bin Salmeen Director of General Department of Cyber Crimes of the Dubai Police said that another Saudi national sent a complaint to Dhahi Khalfan via Twitter saying that he transferred Dh100000 to a Dubai-based company after he visited their website and learnt that he could invest in the stock market as well as gold trading. When he contacted them they said that the company was established 30 years ago and had thousands of customers worldwide. They also told him that he can follow his investment. The convinced Saudi sent the money and within three months he was told his money had doubled. When he asked the company to send him his share of profit. the company stopped any kind of interaction with him.
He said that the Dubai Police also received a complaint from a woman who said that she had transferred Dh83000 to a company named UFS that according to its website specialised in e-trade investments. But after receiving the money the company failed to respond to her. Another Arab man lodged a complaint with the police saying he transferred Dh600000 to one such company for investment but when he asked them to give him his share of profit the company failed to respond.
On investigating the police arrested six members of a gang based in the UAE that was operating out of a rented apartment in Al Qusais. The gang had created a number of fake websites to lure people. The police launched investigation and arrested a suspect from Denmark who masterminded the gang. The suspect is also found to be a wanted criminal in many cases by the police.
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