Gaza YouTuber scams million dollars, vanishes
Dozens of citizens in Gaza fell victim to the fraud of Palestinian YouTuber Jalal al-Najjar who collected one million US dollars and vanished.
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Dozens of citizens in Gaza have fallen prey to fraud on the part of the Palestinian YouTuber Jalal al-Najjar, who collected $1 million from investors and then disappeared. He had followers interested in investing in digital currencies but suddenly vanished and stopped responding to individuals who paid him money for investment purposes.
Amid the deteriorating economic conditions plaguing the Gaza Strip, citizens are deploying strenuous efforts to make ends meet, as they have recently started venturing into pyramid and network online shopping programs. However, many have fallen prey to fraud.
Such programs, often entered into with anonymous sources, consist of individuals investing sums of money into different programs promoted by page owners with wide followership on social networking sites. Fraudsters work to collect the largest amount of money, as they distribute profits to attract other investors.
This is not the first incident of its kind.
