Dubai Police catches fraudulent "fake service" ads
The Director of the Rashidiya Police Station in Dubai, Brigadier General Saeed Hamad bin Sulaiman Al Malik, has warned of fraud cases that seekers of assistive workers, specifically maids, are exposed to by people who publish fake advertisements about the possibility of providing maids in exchange for amounts ranging from 9 to 13 thousand dirhams as fees to bring them into the state And to end their procedures, taking advantage of this, the recruitment of servants from abroad has stopped due to the freezing of air traffic in some countries, and the need for people to serve in light of the Corona pandemic, "Covid 19".
Al Malik said that the Rashidiya police station recorded 14 reports on people who seized amounts estimated at 87,520 dirhams from the start of the Corona pandemic until February of this year, as they claimed on social media their ability to bring in maids despite the closure of some air ports due to the Corona pandemic and they took possession of For the victims' money.
He added that the center has monitored an increase in the number of reports related to fraud and fraud for maids, due to the need of people for helpers and the lack of their number in the country as a result of some countries closing their air traffic, pointing out that the perpetrators are taking advantage of people's desire to obtain a competitive price to bring in the maids and agree with them and charge the full amount Of them, provided that the maid is brought in after a month or a week, but they do not fulfill their promises and are procrastinating under the pretext that the results of the Covid 19 examination were not sent and then they continue to procrastinate, and they disappear.
He explained that upon receiving the reports from the victims, work teams were formed in cooperation with the General Department of Criminal Investigations and Investigations, and it became clear from the research and investigation that the criminal method of most of the reports was the same, and the work teams were able to identify the fraudsters and take the necessary legal measures against them.
He warned community members of the dangers of resorting to unauthorized or licensed people to bring in maids, pointing out that many fraudsters practice fraud by placing ads on social media and other sites by deluding victims of their ability to provide maids in record times and at lower costs than the official authorities.
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pointed out that one of the recorded cases of a fraudster deceived a family into stealing its money by bringing a maid to her, but after the family asked 3 maids from him for a total amount of 35 thousand dirhams and transferred the money to his bank account, he began to procrastinate, and not respond to them for a period of weeks and then disappeared, warning That these "fraudsters" bring one maid for each family with signing a forged contract in the name of a domestic worker recruitment agency, to gain their trust, and then carry out their crimes.
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