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29 March 2024

Tricksters’ gang preyed on bank customers

The gang of three Afghan tricksters arrested by Sharjah Police.

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By Mohammad El Sadafy

Sharjah Police has caught red-handed a three-member gang of Afghan tricksters who preyed on customers leaving bank or ATMs after withdrawing money.

The tricksters had arrived in UAE on tourist visas, presuming that withdrawals from banks would rise sharply in the days before Eid Al Adha.

The gang had divided their roles in the trick they played on bank customers. One of them would monitor the area outside the bank and pour oil near a car so as to compel the bank customer to inspect it.

The second member of the gang would speak to the bank customer about the leakage of oil from his car to distract him while the third would steal the money from the car and flee.

Sharjah Police has urged bank customers not to withdraw large sums of money, particularly late at night and to make sure that unknown people are not watching them. It has also urged the public not to respond to tricksters’ attempts to defraud them.