A serial conman targeting Dubai car owners has struck again. The Arab-looking suspect reportedly drives around Dubai on a Rolls-Royce, looking for people who want to sell their cars. His latest victim is a Pakistani man who got cheated of his 2013 BMW-6 sedan after he sold it to the suspect in exchange of a Dh185,000 cheque, which he later found out to be a dud. Amjad (not his real name) told XPRESS that he put up his car for sale on a website and was shortly contacted by the suspect. “He said he needed to buy the car urgently for his wife as he had an imminent work trip out of the country. The way he spoke, he sounded very rushed,” he said. Amjad said the suspect insisted to meet him in the evening, and he agreed for fear of letting the deal slip. The man came in a white Rolls-Royce with a three-digit number plate. He did not suspect anything was amiss as the man and his companion “looked polished in white kandouras. He also spoke really good English.” They drove to the nearest RTA Tasjeel office in Satwa just before the 8 p.m. closing time to transfer the car registration to the buyer’s name. “When I asked for the cash he offered a cheque, saying he was not carrying the full amount. He said it was as good as cash and that I could deposit it straightaway,” he said. “To avoid raising suspicion, he gave me his contact details and a copy of his Emirates ID saying I could call him in case of any problems,” he said. Amjad presented the cheque at the bank’s Dubai Marina branch the next day and was crestfallen to find out that the account was closed. A bank executive told him that an American expatriate also faced a similar problem a few weeks ago. Amjad lodged a police complaint after calls to the man went unanswered. The suspect has reportedly conned several car owners in Dubai, including a woman who was tricked into parting with her 2015 Nissan Patrol SE, and a man in Ajman who has filed multiple cases against him. ICA/Expat Media