The director of the Dubai Media Security Department, Faisal Issa Al Qasim, revealed that the video circulating on social networks about boxes filled with dollars, is due to an African gang that tried to defraud the person in the video, and that the money is fake.
Al-Qasim said that the gang lured the victim through social media networks, convinced him that they could double his money, and then they brought him to a flat containing fake funds.Then they filmed him in an attempt to extort him and give him money, then he quickly informed the General Department of Criminal Investigations and Investigations. In turn took action to arrest them.
He added that this person would have fallen victim to the gang without his awareness and the speed of informing him to Dubai Police, which took the necessary measures, calling on the public to be cautious in dealing with strangers through the communication networks, and not to give in to temptations that may lead them to fall into the trap of scammers, and asked to report them through ecrime.ae E-Service or Smart Police Service through the Dubai Police App or by calling 999 or 901.