The second time another order was placed and I was told that they needed 1,000 Pcs. of Digital Cameras. He told me that he would sell them for over $100 per pc. when the cameras arrived I wanted my money before I was to hand over the merchandise. I was later told that the man was out of town and could not manage to get the cash for the items until later. Later came and no money showed up. I was then told I would be given a local check from a local National from which he knew very well and gave me his word on that the check was good and would not bounce as he has dealt with them for quite some time and had not had any problems with this person.

I was hesitent and felt akward but decided to take the check as the person spoke with me and offered me copies of his business license, passport , and all business info I needed. When I got back to the shop I found that the goods were already gone. The Syrian man named Anas Al Nabhan had given him the goods without my Knowledge.

This dishonest man seems to has family working in the police station.
I took the check to the bank and wanted to know if there were sufficiennt funds available to cover the check. The lady had a weird look on her face when the screen came up on her computer. I asked her what was wrong, she was quiet and said that all she can tell me is that there are insufficient funds in the account but I could tell from her looks that this wasn't all that was wrong. After asking and begging her to tell me. She said for Bank and security reason she could not tell me what was wrong. She said her job would be at risk but she felt sorry for me holding this check as It did not look like I would be able to get anything out of it. She looked at me and said this person is quite bad and has written many bad checks that have not cleared and bounced. She said if you can find him, find him now and go to the police immediately.

I filed a report with the police only to find out this person was a con-artist who lived off of scamming people because of the Emirates Laws allowed him to do so as Maximum sentencing for him would only be two months in Jail if caught! Turned out to be that he had over 11 cases standing aginst him in the computer for check Fraud. I was never able to find him. Two weeks of pushing the police in Abu Dhabi on this case it turned out to be that his family name matched the family names of the people in Abu Dhabi Police station. He had family that worked in the Police station in Abu Dhabi. It has been 6 months now and he has not been caught. The police get real upset when we call and ask about the case. They refuse to give you his address and or contact details. They say they have no details on this person. They transfer you from one person to another on the telephone before finally getting upset with you for calling. I received a check from this person in the sum of $88,000 U.S.D. that bounced and I can not collect on.

Picture (top left): Sheikh Zayed, President of UAE and the Ruler of Abu Dhabi.
Picture (middle right): Sheikh Hamdan, Minister of Finance & Industry, U.A.E.