They agree to co-establish the marital home and are caught in a trap of emotional fraud
"Heart thieves" drain girls' money in exchange for dreams of marriage
The dream of marriage prompted girls to express their agreement to participate in the cost of marriage and the establishment of the marital home, which exposed many of them to the loss of hundreds of thousands of dirhams as a result of their falling victim to fraudsters who hunted them through false marriage promises.
Several cases that were recently discussed in the courts showed a great similarity in the method and method of defrauding girls and seizing their money, through “playing with feelings” and false promises of marriage, and the need for money to establish a marital home or establish a project through which they can marry and secure their needs.
While psychologists attributed some girls falling into the trap of emotional fraud, to their desire to get married, after they have achieved their educational and professional ambitions, and they have no choice but to form a family and achieve the dream of motherhood, which makes them the focus of ambitions of some reckless and fraudulent youth.
While lawyers indicated that there are clear indications of exploitation or emotional fraud, which girls should pay attention to, including claiming need, exposure to a commercial loss, or an emergency circumstance, in order to emotionally blackmail the victim and seize her money.
In detail, the cases heard in the courts included the case of a girl who demanded that a young man be obligated to pay her an amount of 848 thousand dirhams, while obligating him to compensate her for the amount of 100 thousand dirhams for the material and moral damages she suffered, noting that she had a friendship with the defendant, and he deluded her with his desire In connection with her, and persuaded her to lend him some money to equip the marital home, so over a period of six years she gave him money and transferred sums to him, and the court ruled that the defendant should pay the plaintiff 540 thousand and 260 dirhams, while obligating him to compensate her in the amount of 40 thousand dirhams.
In a similar case, another girl filed a lawsuit against a young man, in which she demanded that he oblige him to pay her the amount of 85 thousand dirhams that she handed to him to help him after he promised to marry them, and he refused to return it, and the court decided to dismiss the lawsuit for lack of evidence.
A third girl accused her fiancé of obtaining an amount of 350,000 dirhams, which she handed to him after he asked her for a sum of money in exchange for her being his partner in a project he intends to establish, and he deluded her with false and misleading promises that she would be his wife, which encouraged her to borrow from the bank, and she also handed him her wording to do Sell it and profit from it.
A girl also filed a lawsuit against a young man, at the end of which she demanded that he oblige him to pay her 35,000 dirhams, noting that the defendant deluded her that he admired her and promised her to marry and prepare the marital home, and accordingly he was asking her to lend him sums of money that totaled the amount of the claim, noting that she discovered She fell victim to a false marriage promise, and when she asked the defendant to pay, he was procrastinating and did not do so, and the court obliged the young man to return the amount.
While a fifth lawsuit included accusing a girl of a young man of seizing 100,000 dirhams that he borrowed from her with false promises of engagement, and she issued a trust receipt for that, but he did not commit to returning the amount according to the agreement.
In a sixth case, a girl demanded that a young man and his sister be obligated to pay her 197 thousand dirhams, in addition to compensation in the amount of 10 thousand dirhams for the damages incurred and the lost earnings, noting that the defendant borrowed 197 thousand dirhams from her, after he had promised her to marry her. .
Psychologists, Ahmed Al-Sayed, Naglaa Abdullah, and Maryam Massad, attributed the fall of some girls into the trap of emotional fraud, to their desire to marry, after they have achieved their educational and professional ambitions, and there is nothing left for them but to form a family and fulfill the dream of motherhood, which makes them the focus of ambitions of some reckless youth. And the fraudsters, who take advantage of their desire to marry and establish a family to reach their hearts, and with time they fabricate lies about lack of hand or the accumulation of debts, or the desire to establish a project to secure their future together, and that this matter is what prevents them from marrying the victim who does not hesitate to initiate assistance. In solving these problems and paying off these debts or lending him an amount of money to establish a marital home or establish a project, noting that most of the girls who are victims of these fraudsters hold good jobs and have a stable income.
While the lawyers, Badr Khamis, Lotfi Al-Sayed, Imad Farid, indicated that the emotional fraud cases that reach the courts are less than half of the fraud cases, due to the conservative nature of Emirati and Arab society, which makes the access of these cases and cases to the concerned authorities difficult, given For the embarrassment that the victim may fall into in front of her family and acquaintances.
They pointed out that despite the secrecy taken by the competent authorities in the investigation of such cases in order to preserve the privacy of the victim, the victim's decision to open a report and file a case to confront the fraud requires courage on the part of the victim.
They pointed out that there are clear indicators of emotional exploitation or fraud, which girls should pay attention to, including claiming need, exposure to a commercial loss, or an emergency circumstance, so that the victim is emotionally blackmailed and her money is seized.
• Psychologists: Girls fall into the emotional trap of wanting to get married, after achieving their educational and professional ambitions.
• Lawyers: The conservative nature of Arab society makes it difficult for emotional fraud cases to reach the concerned authorities.
The promise of marriage
Lawyer Salem Saeed Al-Hayqi said, “Emotional fraud, which includes pretending to have emotional intentions towards the victim and gaining her affection, and then using that good intention to push the victim to send money to the fraudster under the name of love or the promise of marriage, is included in the provisions of the promise of a marriage contract that has not taken place, and if As a result, psychological, family, or social damages resulted, so whoever fell under this false promise has the right to claim compensation for this damage, and she has the right to prove this false promise by all methods of proof, such as correspondence, witnesses, directing the decisive oath, and other methods of proof.
He pointed out that fraud as a legal concept is any act that intentionally aims to mislead another person in order to obtain a benefit, including lies, promises of engagement, manipulation of feelings, or other means of playing on emotions in order to obtain money or other benefits, which are ways and means of the crime of fraud. The law punishes these acts as one of the pillars of the fraud crime, regardless of the name, emotional fraud or other forms of fraud.
Al-Hayqi pointed out that there is no specific penalty for emotional fraud, as emotional exploitation as a means to obtain funds is one of the forms and tools of the crime of fraud, and whoever commits the crime of fraud to obtain funds shall be punished with the penalty stipulated in Article 399 of the Federal Penal Code No. 3 of 1987 amended by law by decree by a federal law. No. 36 of 2022, and the penalty will be imprisonment or a fine.
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