{"id":809,"date":"2018-02-18T10:26:12","date_gmt":"2018-02-18T10:26:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/abudhabi\/en\/five-different-people-were-scammed-into-renting-out-same-villa-abu-dhabi\/"},"modified":"2018-02-18T10:26:12","modified_gmt":"2018-02-18T10:26:12","slug":"five-different-people-were-scammed-into-renting-out-same-villa-abu-dhabi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/abudhabi\/en\/announcements\/five-different-people-were-scammed-into-renting-out-same-villa-abu-dhabi\/","title":{"rendered":"Five Different People Were Scammed Into Renting Out The Same Villa In Abu Dhabi"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"c-adunit c-adunit--mpu\">\n<div id=\"mpu\" class=\"c-adunit__container\"> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>A\u00a0villa in Abu Dhabi\u00a0was rented to\u00a0five different people without their knowledge of each other and\u00a0was recognized as a scam by the Abu Dhabi Court of Appeal on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Four Arab nationals, pretending to be Emirati,\u00a0dressed up in traditional GCC attire and rented out the same villa to five different people to use at the same <a href=\"https:\/\/www.khaleejtimes.com\/news\/crime\/villa-in-uae-rented-out-to-five-people-at-the-same-time-\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">time<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>They dressed up in traditional attire to ruse the people into thinking they were the owners of the house up for rent.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3>One victim almost got scammed of more than AED180,000<\/h3>\n<div class=\"c-adunit c-adunit--mpu_mid\">\n<div id=\"mpu_mid\" class=\"c-adunit__container\"> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>One man who was interested in renting out the villa after seeing an ad in the newspaper, was close to being scammed.<\/p>\n<p>He met a man dressed in GCC clothing, who identified himself as the owner,\u00a0to possibly negotiate a deal.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The deal for the villa\u00a0was negotiated to a sum of AED180,000 to be paid over three installments.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3>All four suspects are\u00a0being charged with real estate fraud, embezzlement, and false advertising<\/h3>\n<p><em>Read:<\/em>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lovindubai.com\/abu-dhabi\/louvre-abu-dhabi-road-gallery\">The Louvre Abu Dhabi Has Unveiled A Billboard Gallery On The E11 And It&#8217;s The First Of It&#8217;s Kind In The World<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A\u00a0villa in Abu Dhabi\u00a0was rented to\u00a0five different people without their knowledge of each other and\u00a0was recognized as a scam by the Abu Dhabi Court of Appeal on Saturday. 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