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Recovering an amount of money from a friend while having only his full name

Dear sir/madam,

I am from the UK and a friend borrowed money in the region of £50,000 (GBP) and moved away to Dubai for supposed heart operations. I have WhatsApp messages with them promising to pay me back but they have since blocked me and done credit card fraud in my name and sent the money to themselves in Dubai.

3 out of the 5 banks have concluded their investigations here in the UK and confirmed I was a victim of fraud. I am still waiting for the remaining 2 banks to conclude their investigations.

In the meantime, I have lost my savings of £50,000 after helping a friend who claimed they needed money for Hospital Operations in UAE and bills, etc. I have bank statements to prove the money owed to me.

Is there anything I can do?

Thank you!

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Khaled Ebid

Laila Hamza Al Mulla Advocates and Legal Consultants

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24 Aug 2022, 04:40

Hi,

If you have the evidence and his details, you can file a case against him in Dubai.

24 Aug 2022, 04:45

The only problem is I only have a UAE phone number. He has never given any details of address, etc.

24 Aug 2022, 05:31

Do you have his full name? And his passport copy?

24 Aug 2022, 05:55

I only have the full name. I also know the parents' names and elder brother's name. I don't have any passport details.

24 Aug 2022, 06:05

In this way, we have to check to get his full details to be ready to file the case.

24 Aug 2022, 06:06

If you find the details, you can file the case.

24 Aug 2022, 06:19

What details do I need to find?

24 Aug 2022, 07:26

The address and the passport copy, his company name, all of this details helping the case.

24 Aug 2022, 07:57

I don't have an address and passport; that's the issue. I have Only WhatsApp screenshots and bank statements of money leaving my account.

24 Aug 2022, 08:28

For that, I told you we have to check to get the information first.

24 Aug 2022, 08:28

We can try here by the court procedures.

24 Aug 2022, 08:46

How much does that cost?

24 Aug 2022, 09:04

To check and try to get the information 1000$.

For the case, if we collect the required details, we will discuss later but it will be around 15% of the demanding amount in two installments; the first installment is 50%.

24 Aug 2022, 09:21

Do you have a number on WhatsApp to discuss this further?

24 Aug 2022, 12:44

This is my number (.....................).

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Mohamed Bakheet

Mohamed Bakheet Advocates & Legal Consultants

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24 Aug 2022, 09:33

Dear questioner,

You must register a case in the United Arab Emirates to recover your money, but you must have a copy of the passport against which the complaint is.

For help, contact us via WhatsApp.

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Arun Arjan Mansukhani

Midas Legal Consultants

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24 Aug 2022, 13:50

Dear questioner,

We can certainly help you out to file the criminal case in Dubai in order to recover the money and subsequently you might need to file for civil case.

Please reach me via phone for more information.

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