In the United Arab Emirates, the Russians deceived $ 5.7 thousand from the Russians.
In the UAE, a man is accused of deceiving a Russian woman for 21 thousand dirhams ($ US 5.7 thousand). According to the case file, he convinced the victim that she won a cash prize (about $ US 54 thousand) in a draw from operator du.
The Russian woman first received an SMS, and then an attacker called her and said that the winner needs to pay a tax of 21 thousand dirhams to get a prize.
The woman managed to transfer money before she realized that she was the victim of fraud.
Police later detained a 26-year-old Pakistani who came to receive money. In addition to fraud, he was accused of using someone else's Emirates ID.
The suspect pleaded not guilty in a trial court on Tuesday.
