As I recently moved to Dubai, its just 6 months for me, and I can say, I have been through a roller coaster ride. I met this chap from Property Finder, name Fahad Feroz Khan. I was finding a villa in between the range of 55K to 70K in Damac Hills 2, 2 BR. I talk over him the phone, he sends me a couple of listings, standard procedure. I ask him, lets meet, so he calls me at Al-Rigga, and we sit at a restaurant beneath his apartment. The next day, he tells me that I should go see a couple of villas, and as instructed I go with my family to see the Villas in Damac Hills 2. In about 4 days, he shows me 3 Villas of the same landlord, while I insist him that you should be present, but due to the distance he is unable to make it. As I recently got my Emirates ID, I opened up the bank account, and it took me a week to get the Cheque book. The guy insisted on closing the deal, so standard procedure, he makes a contract, I sign it and handover 2 months worth of rent, and half of his commission to proceed with the ejari. He gave me an Invoice. The date was 15th Feb, 2024. On the 22nd Feb, 2024, he confirmed that I will be moving, and while in between he said today or tomorrow the Ejari is going to come. THE INTERESTING PART On the 22nd Feb, 2024, the guy goes off the grid, and I have no clue, what to do, as now I have to extend my stay on AirBnB. On the 24th Feb 2024, I go visit the office address, of the Invoice and find out that the Invoice is Fake, then I try calling the number of the contract which i took a picture with my phone, and never got the signed copy back, and it is of some legal company, and they have nothing to do with it. I try emailing the landlord, but tadaa! the email address bounces back. Well, in a nutshell, I lost 11,656 AED. I did go to the police to open a case, followed the procedure, but to my finding that there are soo many backlogs, that my case is gonna take its due time. Its hard as its a loss and coming to a new country, it takes an emotional toll on you as well, but I wonder, why people are so short sighted. So My Findings, I would like to share Prefer Companies Over Landlords Always Take Invoices that are with Company Stamped Mostly PropertyFinder, Dubizzle and Bayut, are filled with Scam and Rude People Always take a copy of Passport or Emirates ID when giving money