January 28, 2026
“Lebanon Debate” – Samar dies
A woman fell victim to an orchestrated scam, whose hero was a “spiritual worker” who deluded her with his supernatural ability to solve her family problem and get her children back from her ex-husband.
More than $300,000 was sent by the woman to “Abu Jamal,” who also did not provide her jewelry. However, the truth that I discovered late completely changed the scene, as it turned out that the “spiritual scientist” was none other than a woman in her sixties named “H.S.”, who had previously gotten to know the victim and learned from her about her problems and concerns about losing her children.
This bitter truth prompted the victim to file a judicial complaint against the defendant, H.S., accusing her of having, through fraud and deception, been able to seize her money, jewelry, and other personal items worth about 300,000 US dollars, in addition to forcing her to sign two debt bonds, and blackmailing her by threatening to publish indecent videos, which prompted her father to pay an additional amount of 48,000 US dollars.
The plaintiff stated that the defendant introduced her to a person called “Abu Jamal,” and introduced him to her as a spiritual scholar residing in Iraq, who was crippled and mute, and who had supernatural abilities that would enable him to help her recover her children from her ex-husband.
On this basis, the plaintiff began sending money one by one to “the scientist,” via transfers under different names, through people she met through the defendant, with the latter insisting on deleting the messages from her phone and hiding traces of communication.
Over time, the financial demands from “Abu Jamal” escalated to huge amounts, forcing the plaintiff to sell her jewelry and personal belongings, and then sign two debt bonds.
The suffering did not stop there, as she later discovered that the defendant was the same person who was hiding behind the persona “Abu Jamal,” and that she had been subjected to blackmail by threatening to publish private videos.
The witnesses’ testimonies formed intertwined threads that confirmed a single pattern of behavior. Some of them stated that they were transporting, for a long period of time, sealed envelopes that often contained money to the defendant, and that she was asking them to erase the phone calls and messages exchanged between them.
On the other hand, H.S. denied all the charges against her, claiming that the money delivered to her was a payment for debts, and that “Abu Jamal” is a spiritual scholar who provides insight to the plaintiff, and she does not know him personally.
However, analysis of the communications revealed that the number used by “Abu Jamal” and the defendant’s number were used on the same mobile device, which constituted decisive evidence that contradicted her statements.
After completing the investigations, H.S. was referred to the competent judiciary to face the crime of “fraudulently seizing the plaintiff’s money and jewelry and extorting money from the plaintiff and her father after threatening to publish videos that undermine her honor and dignity,” a crime whose punishment according to the Lebanese Penal Code reaches three years in prison, according to Articles 650 and 655 thereof.
