Despite the warnings from several entities in the country, including the police and Etisalat, some people continue to fall victims to fraudsters, where they are convinced they have won a prize of up to 500,000 Dhs., and that they have to give out their bank account details, so the fraudsters can collect the “prize fee”.
A 26-year-old Arab woman was the most recent victim, where a 26-year-old Asian visitor contacted her explaining that he works for Etisalat and that she had won 500,000 Dhs. and that she should send her bank account details .
According to her testimony in the case papers considered by the Dubai Criminal Court, she initially refused, but the defendant contacted her again through “Whats App”, and sent her a copy of a cheque with the value of the prize. She then sent her account details, but was later surprised with the withdraw of 7500 Dhs. from her account.