Q: Hello all, I am based in the UAE; however, I have been a victim of scammers recently and am facing much distress. I ordered some items like an iPhone, a laptop, AirPods, a Play Station, and smartwatches, and paid the whole payment upfront, but that scammer didn't deliver anything to me. I lost almost 15,000 AED, and now I have opened a case against the scammer with Dubai Police. I transferred the payment through an exchange by domestic transfer inside the UAE via 10 transfers because the scammer kept citing the delay in delivery and asked for more and more money to deliver the order. I admire that I had enough stupidity to transfer the payment with almost blind faith in the scammer. I have all the WhatsApp conversations which happened between me and the scammer, and all the payment confirmation slips, and the Emirates ID of the scammer. My concern in writing this email is to get the money back from the scammer. Thanks!

Q: Hello all, I am based in the UAE, however, I have been scammed by a CFD trading broker called (........) based in the UK (they claim to be based in the UK). Their site is down now and they have deleted all the communication channels. However, I found that they have hosted the same site on a different domain. I have lost more than $210,000 dollars. The total withdrawal amount was close to $500,000. When I tried to withdraw my funds from the platform, they asked for more funds as tax payment and after I paid those, they kept on bringing new issues and asking for more funds. When I declined their request on WhatsApp and told them that I will report to the police and file cases, they seem unmoved by these. They even told me to go and report them and they don't care. Please let me know the actions I can take against those fraudsters. I really don’t want to let them escape this easily especially with our hard-earned money. Kindly let me know if there is a way to recover my funds.

Q: Good morning. Someone stole information from my phone and is now using it to terrorize my contacts. He saved all contacts, photos and videos, some of which including other people. He keeps texting and threatening to post them on social media. How do I handle this situation without incriminating the people in the photos/videos?

Q: Hello, What is the punishment for misdemeanor cases in cybercrime when there is no victim or complaint, and someone else used my number on a fake website without my knowledge? I even have a complaint copy from my home country. What could be the worst-case scenario, considering the main person is not in the country and has not attended the court hearing, while only I am attending?

Q: Hello, I sold some items to someone, and they paid into my bank account via a third party. I received funds from this third party, whom I don't know or have never contacted before. After some time, the third party reported me to the police using my account details. The police say I am accused of fraud and have placed a travel ban on me. What can I do to resolve this issue?

Due to the large number of individual and commercial banking transactions and transfers they carry out from one country to another or within the same country, we present here a quick glance at the importance of bank account numbers and not the names of beneficiaries when making bank transfers in accordance with the law and Central Bank regulations.

This Law promulgates the Federal Penal Code (Criminal Law) of the United Arab Emirates. Crimes and chastisement punishments shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of this Law and other penal codes.

The law defines the crimes related to money laundering, commitments and the jurisdictions of the governmental authorities, and the sanctions against perpetrators of money laundering.

The provisions of this Federal Decree-Law, known as the "New Cybercrimes Law", govern Cybercrimes regulations in the United Arab Emirates. The New Cybercrimes Law repeals the previous UAE Cybercrimes Law (Federal Decree-Law No. (5) of 2012 on Combating Cybercrimes).

The provisions of this Federal Decree-Law No. (31) of 2021 Promulgating the Crimes and Penalties Law, known as the "New UAE Penal Code", governs criminal actions in the United Arab Emirates. The New Penal Code repeals the previous UAE Penal Code (Federal Law No. (3) of 1987 Promulgating the Penal Code).