Q: Recently, I have been scammed by a person who claimed to be an agent for an organization in Singapore. She claimed that she does 1 min of battle contract trading giving signals to her clients to make the most money. Basically, she asked us to register on a website on which there was battle contract trading. She would make us transfer USDT into the account. She would then give us signals to participate in trading where she made us win profit and every day against our capital. I was introduced by a friend who was dealing with her. He made money and did some withdrawals. After he introduced several other people who trusted him since he was making money and had withdrawn some amount, we tried to withdraw our profit too. That's when the curtain's dropped and all of us realized that we have been scammed. Please help me, I have all the evidence. I can even see my money going from one crypto wallet to another. I just need guidance from professionals to trace my money and get it back. Please Help.

Q: Hi Lawyers, A lot of people had invested in a Forex trading company based in the UAE. Do we need to get a lawyer to file a case or can we report it to the police station to summon the party involved so they can settle and refund our money back? Please help us. Thank you!

Q: Dear fellow colleagues, A client of mine, resident in Dubai, would like to open a criminal case against an expat who is not anymore in Dubai. The "gentleman" stole 8.3 bitcoins (!) promising a huge return in interest (5% per month, still advertised on the internet), then he stole a client's database with more than 600 passports, phone numbers, signatures... Breach of trust, theft, IT crime, and so on... We are looking for a colleague in the UAE to give a POA and open one or more criminal cases, following the case in the court up to the first instance. The goal is to have a sentence, also knowing that the gentleman is no more in Dubai. Thank you Dr W. F.

Q: Dear Sir/Madam, I started online trading on behalf of a woman. With her trust, I made around 15 transactions totaling approximately 67,480 AED to a local person in the UAE, but I feel that it was a scam. Now, I want to recover my money. How can I do that?

Q: It's a blackmail case. So a few days ago, I needed to buy cryptocurrency in Dubai, and a friend offered he could help me. But I was a little short of money, I mean I wanted to get 20,000 dirhams worth of crypto but had only 15k. So my friend told me it was okay, and he would arrange the 5k for me. So I transferred him 15k in his bank account and for the rest 5k, I gave him a cheque. He was supposed to transfer me crypto by that evening. But 2-3 days passed and he did not send me crypto and he seemed to become very busy, not responding to calls and messages. After a week, I finally got hold of him and then he backfired saying crypto is illegal in Dubai, he can't help me with this and that, and he started saying I owe him 5k, so I need to clear him for that. He submitted that cheque to the bank and it bounced. He filed a case in court and today he sent me a message he's publishing news in the newspaper for the court notice and will put a travel ban on me.

Q: Dear Sir/Madam, There's a guy who scammed me out of 150k AED with false documents. There's already a criminal case ongoing against him; however, I wasn't aware of it at the time of the dealing. Every time I tried to sort things out with him, he made me wait for hours and didn't show up. In short, he gave me false hopes, and now he's been completely out of touch for 4 months. When we were finally able to contact him, my wife sent him abusive messages out of frustration because he was spreading lies about us. Now, with all the evidence I have, I want to file a civil case against him. Could the abusive messages my wife sent backfire in any way? I have all the documents he gave, along with some voice notes where he clearly states that he scammed us with false documents. But this guy is very shrewd. He verbally abused me and my wife in person but I don't have proof of it.

Q: Dear Lawyers, I have been a victim of a scam. I already have a court order confirming that I was scammed, and the court has issued a fine of 250,000 AED for the scammer. However, my lawyer told me that the amount will go to the government. When I asked how we would proceed to recover my money, they claimed it’s not possible and that this is as far as they will assist me, leaving me on my own moving forward.

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