Social media posts and advertisements have helped a youthful Emirati recover his Dh2 million supercar after it was stolen on its way from France to England.
Abdullah Alfahim, a Dubai-based web based life influencer, depended on an auto shipping organization to move his Lamborghini Aventador, which he possesses for about a year, from Cannes to London. He later found that the auto shipping organization was a cheat.
A man, who had made a phony Instagram account, moved toward the 30-year-old Emirati to help dispatch the supercar, after the influencer posted a photo demonstrating that he's taking the vehicle with him from Dubai to Europe.
"The purported organization got my auto from Intercontinental Hotel in Cannes where I was remaining. Multi day before I traveled to London, the man considered me and said the Lamborghini will be at the inn in London in 60 minutes. He hindered my number after that and I never got notification from him again," Alfahim, who has the propensity for taking his supercar with him on siestas to Europe, told from London reported Khaleej Times.
After several attempts to contact the company with no luck, Alfahim became aware that his supercar was stolen. He notified the Interpol, the European Police Office and the UAE embassy in London who started a rigorous search for the car.
Thanks to a number of social media posts that went viral, the police was able to locate the car in Poland. The man who committed the theft - a Polish national, was also arrested.
"He had apparently shipped the supercar from France to Italy to Poland. He was planning to continue the journey to Russia and Ukraine, but thanks to the Interpol, Polish police and embassy, he was stopped," said Alfahim.
Luckily, the suspect had forgotten to cover the car which is already hard to miss, he added.
The supercar is currently with the UAE embassy to Poland, with whom Alfahim is arranging talks regarding whether the car will be shipped to London. "I might have to go and get it," he said.
When his supercar went missing, Alfahim's close friends, who are also social media influencers, uploaded pictures of his supercar on Instagram and Snapchat to help him find it.
The posts went viral and Alfahim, who has over 70,000 Instagram followers, was approached by people from Europe, Egypt, Morocco and the GCC. It was also circulated among European supercar bloggers and photographers and some foreign newspapers.
"The outreach on social media was overwhelming, and thankfully it helped the police find it," he said.
Alfahim is no stranger to supercars. His previous Lamborghini Aventador was named one of the fastest 10 cars in the world. "The posts on social media made it easier for the police to find my car, and I cannot be more thankful to people who helped spread the word," he said. "I would also like to extend my thanks to the Interpol and the Polish police force for their hard work and extensive search."
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