A snake charmer, on Jamaa el Fna Square, in Marrakech , did not hesitate to force a tourist to pay the sum of 450 dirhams, for a photo. He was prosecuted for fraud and breach of trust.
Supporters of the "Atlas Lions", who thought they had planned everything, realized, upon arriving in Egypt and wanting to attend the "Lions" matches, that they could not attend anything at all. They would have been duped by travel agencies.
The Spanish police managed to dismantle a criminal network specialized in money laundering, fraud and scams. This was last Saturday, June 22. More than 1,000 fraud operations were carried out by the 35 members of the network.
As planned, Moroccans residing abroad (MRE) took advantage of the Real Estate Show, "Smap Immo", organized in Paris, to demonstrate against the scams they have been victims of in Morocco, at the hands of certain developers.
A criminal gang, made up of three individuals, specialized in the resale of Volkswagen brand cars acquired on credit by other people. Two of the defendants were placed in the local prison of Tetouan, while a third person is currently under judicial control, against a bail of 50,000 dirhams.
The criminal chamber of the El Jadida Court of Appeal upheld the verdicts handed down at first instance against members of a "real estate mafia" who victimized many people.
Nearly 400 clients, including Moroccans residing abroad, and 5 real estate developers were defrauded of more than 50 million dirhams by a notary in Casablanca.
The DGSN has opened judicial investigations against about a hundred managers and employees of fictitious call centers in several cities in Morocco including Casablanca, Marrakech, Meknes, Oujda, Kenitra. They are suspected of theft, transfer, and telephone call hacking.
Fake influencers are proliferating on the web, behind fictitious accounts, and are active in creating communities of followers (mostly fake ones), to create buzz and lure victims into their trap. And it’s not without danger... This story proves it!
An inveterate seducer who was active in Rabat, Casablanca, Tangier and Meknes has just been arrested. Sexually obsessed, he had specialized in seducing rich, divorced or elderly women.
It seems that for some people, anything goes to make money. A woman was scamming cancer patients in Rabat by offering them a cure in exchange for large sums of money, and apparently making them suffer for this purpose to make them believe in a treatment.
Remember, a few days ago, a woman made headlines in the Moroccan press for donating some 12 million dirhams for the construction of a high school. Today, this patron has been the victim of a scam.