Dh30 for 10 hours free global calls: UAE phone card racket busted

The Sharjah Police have arrested two Asians, including a watchman, for selling illegal phone cards to customers.

The cards allegedly allowed users to make international calls for as long as 10 hours at no charge.

The watchman sold the cards for Dh30 to customers who wanted to make long international phone calls.

During the interrogation the suspects told the police that they received information of the phone cards through e-mails from someone based in a foreign country.

The police were notified about the activities by a police informer.

The police identified the location of the suspects and raided the watchman and found a large number of the phone cards in his possession.

The watchman told the police that he received these cards from a Pakistani national who sold them to him for Dh22.

The second suspect also informed the police that someone in a European country sends him the numbers of the phone cards through e-mail and after he receives them he prints them out and sells them to customers for Dh30.

The police detained the two suspects and referred the case to public prosecution.