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| 'Supernatural Genie' Con Men Arrested by Recognise: 7:23am On Jul 14, 2009 |
[size=16pt]'Supernatural Genie' Con Men Arrested[/size] Con men who swindled people out of money by pretending to be genies with supernatural powers have been arrested, say Bangladeshi police have said. [center]  'Supernatural Genie' Swindlers Arrested[/center] The scammers would gather personal information about their victims beforehand, call them and speak "in a tone similar to Arabic," police chief Farhad bin Imrul Kayes said. They then claimed to be genies who had descended from the sky and would tell people to send money to a specific location, threatening a family tragedy if they disobeyed. Phone taps led police to the northern region of Bangladesh and into the Gobindaganj area. In the past three months, 24 people were arrested and police said some had become rich after just one year of working the scam. "It has become an epidemic here," Mr Kayes went on. "During the phone talks, they would describe themselves as kings of genies who recite Koranic verses, inject fear of Allah among their victims and pretend to know some of their family secrets," he added. "Many of these cheats are illiterate but they are very smart," said sub-inspector Abdun Nur, who led several of the crackdown operations following numerous complaints for SOURCE: Click here |
| Re: 'Supernatural Genie' Con Men Arrested by Tudor6(f): 9:41am On Jul 14, 2009 |
The same tricks t.b joshua and co. Use in nigeria. When will these fools be arrested? |
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