They carried out their crimes professionally.. and the Dubai police dropped them in a tight ambush
Scammers sell fake success to those who want IELTS certificates
Scammers psychologically manipulate their victims and sell them fake testimonies.
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Major General Jamal Al Jallaf: "Victims avoid reporting to the police, knowing that they are responsible for being defrauded."
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The Director of the General Department of Criminal Investigation and Investigation in Dubai Police, Major General Jamal Al Jallaf, said that fraudsters psychologically manipulate their victims and play on need, and sometimes greed, pointing out that there are victims who avoid reporting to the police because they realize that they are responsible to some degree for their exposure to fraud, but this is an additional wrong behavior. Because reporting is enough to confront criminals and prevent them from defrauding other people.
And he revealed the arrest of three cyber scammers who targeted those wishing to obtain the IELTS English language test certificate required by several employers, and carried out their crimes with cunning and intelligence to the point of booking exams for victims, setting exam dates for them, and even encouraging them to take exams, with a prior promise that they would inevitably succeed. Regardless of their answers, then they sell them fake certificates that the victims rejoice for some time until they discover that they failed and lost money and money because of the greed for an effortless testimony.
In detail, Major General Jamal Al Jallaf told "Emirates Today" that this incident reflects the delinquency of some to obtain easy and undeserved gains that make them ashamed to resort to the police, despite the Dubai Police's keenness to encourage everyone to communicate with it and to allocate a smart platform to combat cybercrime "E". Crime” to monitor such practices without criticizing or blaming the victim in any way, because what is primarily concerned with addressing crime and providing a safe environment for all members of society.
He explained that the three fraudsters reside in the country legally and work in different jobs, and their demon tempted them to engage in additional illegal activity by defrauding those wishing to obtain an IELTS certificate, so they published advertisements on social networks confirming the possibility of obtaining the certificate in a guaranteed manner, regardless of the level of the certificate. The applicant is paid 10,000 dirhams, provided that the person willing to transfer 5,000 dirhams before applying for the exam and the rest of the amount after obtaining the certificate.
He added that they practiced their tricks in a smart way, as they were already booking an appointment for the victims to perform the exam normally, and the person goes and goes through the experiment without caring about the level of his answers, because he is fully convinced that success is guaranteed and he will obtain the degree he previously specified with the fraudsters.
And after two days of taking the exam naturally, he receives a text message from the party through which he is supposed to have taken the exam, congratulating him on his success and asking him to transfer the rest of the amount to obtain the certificate. And he failed the test.
Al-Jallaf pointed out that the problem faced by the men of the Anti-Cybercrime Department at the General Department of Criminal Investigation is that the victims of this crime avoided reporting to the police, but rather denied being exposed to it in order to avoid embarrassment and for fear of being involved in some way in an illegal act.
He added that one person decided to take the initiative and inform the police, after he lost his money, the IELTS certificate, and a job he was applying to. The third took on the task of receiving money from the victims without knowing that it was the result of fraud, but he is a criminal participant in the end.
Al Jallaf stressed the need not to hesitate to inform the Dubai Police when exposed to any electronic crime, whether it is fraud or extortion, or even when monitoring any suspicious activity through the e-crime platform, because one information is capable of addressing potential crimes, and added that the e-crime platform does not focus on The Emirate of Dubai alone, but it transmits the information it receives to the partners in the security services in the various emirates of the country.
Increase the area of mutual trust
The Director of the General Department of Criminal Investigation and Investigation at Dubai Police, Major General Jamal Al Jallaf, confirmed that the e-crime platform has achieved a great leap in monitoring and following up on these crimes, as the number of people who contacted it during the past year reached 25,841 people, who submitted observations, complaints, reports and inquiries. They have contributed to the thwarting of major crimes such as the arrest of a fraudster and the global hacker Hashbobi and his gang, as well as the arrest of the two gangs of foxes, as well as contributing mainly to the arrest of dangerous criminals who were involved in crimes of extortion and targeting children.
He pointed out that this remarkable turnout on the platform reflects the increasing awareness among community members of the nature of cybercrime, and the increase in the area of mutual trust between the public and the Dubai Police, pointing to receiving calls around the clock and dealing with great appreciation and interest with callers in light of the great service they provide to protect the security of society. .
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