Nassib Haddad 4 years ago I'm a victim of this scam. It's been over 4 months that I was conned by an Emirati man and have since been seeking to get justice under UAE law. I've given the police all the necessary details needed to catch this felon and for some unknown reason, he's still on the loose and is avoiding capture. Hoping CID step up their game to catch all these crooks who are tainting the good image we have of the Emirati people.

Majid al shamari 4 years ago The police and the RTA should not register the car or transfer the owner ship only after one week or 5 working days to new owner ,

In this time the seller will find out if the cheque ok or not .

Please advise or send this idea to the Authotity .

Thanks .

Majid al shamari .

Brian McGrath 4 years ago As someone who works in the area of cheque fraud prevention , this is a really old scam. We had this in the UK many years ago not only on cars but boats and caravans as well.

One other angle is that they fake a bankers cheque/draft negotiate the sale but give the client the cheque draft too late for it to be deposited. They take the property as the cheque is in the name of the bank and not an individual so will not bounce only to find next day when they take the draft to the bank that it is a fake draft.

Never hand over property until the cheque has cleared and you then have the cash in your account.

Todays technology means that criminals can easily reproduce original documents that can even fool the banks themselves. Almost any item of value can be reproduced from University degrees, vehicle documents, immigration documents ect, the technology is also cheap so it presents little risk if they are clever.

Mohammad 4 years ago The transfers should take place like all property transactions in Dubai. #Managerscheque

victiminuae 4 years ago Great suggestion by Majid, delayed transfer will indeed stop intended bounce cheque fraud in UAE.

@ Nassib : just curious to know if you had any luck in recovering your money or car ?

I have been duped by the same conman and now in the queue since last four weeks at Dubai Police among several others waiting for bounced cheque recovery :(

Maxime D 3 years ago I experienced odometer tampering (cheating on kilometres) from a car showroom in Dubai. I contacted the Department of Development and Economic and they solved the problem for me in 3 days. I was invited by DED and also the owner of the showroom in their office. My mediator Khaled did an excellent job, very good negotiator, and honest, in 20 minutes the owner accepted to refund my money. If you have any problem you can call them on 600 54 5555

Zeek 3 years ago I've heard this is rife in the Middle East, how did you prove the odometer tampering to the DED?

gordon 3 years ago Zeek I do believe that with the new car reports, it will list the odometer readings at the last RTA inspection. Not sure if it is live now, if not will be live shortly.

FPMC 3 years ago here is a little info for you:

I have experienced this twice. Once by a showroom on SZR that is now closed for good and another time by an Emirati man. I will tell you how I knew from the get-go that they were scammers: 1. there was absolutely no negotiation on the price. If you have lived here long enough then you would know that this doesn't exist. People always lowball you here by at least 25%.

2. they didn't check the car at all. who would buy a car nowadays without a check-up?!

I knew even before they offer to pay with a personal cheque that they were scammers. I have reported both of them. I feel really sorry for the people who have been duped. I could have easily been one of them. The most that you can do is to have them fined by Dubai Courts that's it. No jail! Then you'd have to pay 6% of the claimed value to open a civil case. Who knows if they even have any assets. I suggest that these people just move on with their lives the sooner the better. Lesson hard learnt that's life