{"id":71753,"date":"2023-08-11T17:03:34","date_gmt":"2023-08-11T13:03:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/en\/?p=71753"},"modified":"2023-08-11T17:59:56","modified_gmt":"2023-08-11T13:59:56","slug":"2-residents-recount-their-experience-of-scammers-getting-aggressive-in-dubai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/en\/latest\/2-residents-recount-their-experience-of-scammers-getting-aggressive-in-dubai\/","title":{"rendered":"REVEALED: There\u2019s A Big Network Behind The Aggressive Scams And Dubai Police Are All Over It"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dubai has been witnessing a rise in scams over the past year.<\/p>\n

It’s no longer just individuals popping up with malicious intent, but rather a full-fledged business that authorities are attempting to crack down on.<\/p>\n

Besides relentless messages and emails, scammers have now begun making phone calls to their potential victims, mainly by assuming the identity of the Dubai Police<\/h2>\n

If it’s not you, it’s been someone you know. Incessant calls, texts, and emails. Each scam attempt looks smarter than the previous one, all capable of luring you in if you’re not too careful.<\/p>\n

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These scams are no longer one-off incidents, but rather the effect of an entire scam industry growing in South East Asia<\/h2>\n

An investigative article on VICE<\/a> highlights how Dubai’s success as a modern economy with access to the global economy makes it a business-friendly climate, but the downside to this is that it also makes the city more vulnerable to scams.<\/p>\n

Talking about how these scams operate<\/a>, the article reads, “They targeted both people in China and elsewhere, starting with phone messages and moving to calls; for international scams, they employed some non-Chinese people to handle the phone.”<\/p>\n

And the scammers don’t just take ‘No’ for an answer, as told to Lovin Dubai by Anagha and Meeranath.<\/h2>\n

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The ‘Dubai Police’ scammers first approached Anagha accusing her of potentially sending money to a terrorist organisation in Afghanistan<\/h2>\n

The scammers, using the number +971 52 771 8330 claimed they were attempting to find out who transferred the money and required her cooperation in the investigation. Questions included:<\/p>\n