Passers lure luxury car sellers at attractive prices and “multiplied” checks

The courtyards of the courts in the country have witnessed, during the recent times, several cases of victims of fraud, targeting car vendors, especially luxury, through electronic shopping sites, by luring them in an attractive fee, and giving them “multiplied” checks during the registration process.

And the Emirates Today monitored several cases of car owners who exaggerated the disposal of good faith, despite the registration staff warnings of signing the transfer of the ownership of the vehicle before making sure that their money is received, to the point that it reached the question of one of the registration employees to an seller more than once: Have you received the price of your car? The latter’s reaction was to be alone with the (fraudulent) buyer, to ask him to swear that he would not deceive him or focus on him.

Two legal ones revealed that the professionals of this type of fraud were taking advantage of the past in accusing “editing a check with bad faith or without balance” in procrastination and procrastination, and dragged the victims to a long judicial path, but the situation has now changed in light of the accusation of “seizing the money of others in a fraudulent way”, which achieved a lot of deterrence, but the problem remains in awareness and avoids greed, because the courts will definitely do justice to the victims, But it may be difficult for them to restore their money, or their cars that are often traveling as soon as they are transferred.

In detail, the courts in the state looked at several fraud cases on car sellers through e -marketing sites, after a period of low rate of this type of crime, in light of extensive awareness campaigns carried out by the security services with the beginning of the spread of this criminal method, including a fraud on a person who offered his car for sale through a well -known application, so a woman called him and told him that she wanted to buy the car, and that she would send her office manager to complete the deal, and agreed to the price Its request is through advertising, although it exceeds the market value of the vehicle.

The victim said that the delegate of that woman actually communicated with him, and chose an appointment late before the weekly holiday, and when he arrived at the registration headquarters, he was surprised by the man who was released by a director of a manager, and told him that he did not find enough time to withdraw the amount, and after hesitation, the car owner agreed and sold it for nearly 200 thousand dirhams.

When the check was deposited in the bank, he was surprised that he was forged, and that he had transferred the ownership of his car to two fraudsters.

Investigations in this incident revealed that these two defendants, in terms of other victims in the same way, relying on acting fake, and claiming their work in a prominent place.

And Dubai Police recently announced the seizure of an international fraud gang, which deceived a number of car owners by delusions the desire to buy their cars offered for sale on electronic markets, in exchange for giving them false checks.

She revealed that these people were impersonating legal persons, to persuade the victims in the purchase of cars, and spread their reassurance, then send a person to check the vehicles in front of their homes, and then ask them to attend late at night to one of the branches of the vehicle registration to meet the “gang delegate”, so that the registration procedures are completed, and they are handed over forged checks.

Dubai Police indicated that once the vehicle’s ownership is transported, the “gang delegate” uses the image of the new car owner’s passport that was registered in his name, and he charges it on the same night outside the country, and leaves with it, before the victim reviewed the bank the next day, to discover that the check is forged.

The Emirates Today monitored cases of victims who acted in a very naive manner with the fraudsters, including a person of the nationality of an Asian country, offered his luxury vehicle for 600 thousand dirhams on a well -known site, and a person speaking with a Gulf tone called him, and he expressed a great desire to buy it.

He welcomed the seller, agreed on a date at the registration headquarters, and when they stood together in front of the official responsible for transferring the property, the latter warned him in a clear manner, and asked him: Did you receive the price of the vehicle? The man confused, and the employee felt that, so he advised him not to transfer the ownership before receiving the entire price of the car, or waiting until the check is verified.

Instead of responding to the employee’s warnings, the seller acted in a strange way, as he asked for a minute, and took the buyer abroad, and shook hands with him saying closer to pleading, “I swear to me that you are serious and honest in the treatment and that this check is correct.” The man responded immediately, and I swear to him that he is sincere in every step, and then the owner went to the registration office, and transferred the ownership of his car voluntarily to the buyer.

After two days, he received the expected shock, as the bank replied that the check was forged, and he wrote a report of the incident, and the accused was arrested and referred to the court for fraud, and a ruling was convicted and imprisoned three months and a fine of 600 thousand dirhams, but the car was actually transferred abroad.

Among the cases, a man of his vehicle offered about 270 thousand dirhams, and received a call as usual from one of the fraudsters, who lured him and handed him a check that was proven to be forged, and when the vehicle’s path was followed, it was found that its ownership was immediately transferred to an Asian person from a neighboring country.

By investigating the incident, it was found that the transaction took place completely soundly, as the seller, like others, transferred the ownership of his car by his will, and the last buyer of the car bought it with sound papers and documents, without knowing that the first buyer who bought it from its original owner and sold it a professional contemporary, was arrested, tried and imprisoned in general and removed from the state and fined the value of the car.

For his part, the lawyer, Dr. Abdullah Al Nasser, told «Emirates Today» that in light of the rapid development in the use of electronic platforms to conclude commercial deals, especially in the field of selling and selling vehicles, fraud crimes that take advantage of this open digital environment are repeated.

He added that these criminal methods depend on the delivery of deferred checks when completing the purchase and registration process, so that it becomes later turned out to be without balance, or issued by closed accounts. In this case, the matter is not merely a violation of a financial commitment, but rather is legally classified as a crime of fraud, given the existence of a prior intention to seize the money of others through deception and dodging.

He pointed out that strictly dealt with this criminal pattern, and the penalties have been tightened by the courts towards those who prove his involvement in these actions, and pointed out that the registration of these crimes as “fraud” has achieved a lot of deterrence, as the law is punishable by imprisonment, as well as the financial fines that are estimated in proportion to the resulting financial damage, leading to the measure of deportation.

He pointed to the need to be fully cautious when selling cars, and not to be satisfied with the check as a means of payment when completing any sale, but rather verifying it actually before delivering the vehicle. He stressed the importance of editing documented contracts that preserve rights, and contribute to proving the criminal intention in the event of fraud.

He stressed that the UAE puts the protection of individuals and property at the top of its priorities, and is devoted to advanced institutional and legal capabilities to ensure the achievement of justice, and the pursuit of all those who begged themselves to exploit the digital environment to harm others.

In turn, the arbitrator and the legal advisor, Mohamed Naguib, said that the professionals of this fraudulent method are very familiar with the law, and at the beginning of the spread of their crimes they were aware that the charge that would be directed to them is “the liberation of a check in bad faith”, which is one of the issues that take a long period of time, in which the accused is not imprisoned before confirming the incident, during which they depend on the appeal of the forgery of the signature, and other gaps that they take advantage of To escape the crime.

He added that the description has now changed to the accusation of fraud, fraud and seizing the money of others, a crime that the law is strictly punishable, according to Article 451 of the Penal Code, especially when it is associated with forgery or use of a fraudulent means to seize the money or property of others, which achieved a lot of deterrence, and thus the decrease in the index of this type of crime for a large period, before it witnesses a repetition in the recent period, due to the lack of awareness of the seller on the one hand, And his greed on the other hand, as well as the professionalism of fraudsters, who use a great deal of vicinity.

He pointed out that one of the most famous used car sale sites in the country puts a prominent warning against the sale of the car in exchange for a check that has not been verified, and that car registration employees in the specialized centers are keen to warn the sellers before registering against the consequences of transporting the property without charging the car price, and then the problem remains with the buyer.

He added that most of the cases end up condemning the accused, punishing them with imprisonment and fine, and even compensating the victims civil, but the problem remains that the car no longer exists, whether by traveling abroad or selling it to other people, Hosni, the intention.

• Although the registration employee warns him, the owner of a car worth 600,000 dirhams, he waives it in exchange for “a division of the fraud.”