Jeddah Police have arrested two women for allegedly cheating men seeking misyar marriage by receiving part of the dowry money upfront and then disappearing in thin air before signing the marriage contract. Stung by the malicious intent of the two women, victims have filed reports with the Jeddah Police Department saying that they have been tricked into believing that the two women were sincere about the misyar marriage proposals. A misyar contract is known to be a marriage contract where couples can live separately but get together regularly, often for sexual relations. Whenever the two women were approached for misyar marriage, they would immediately agree with pushing their urgent needs for a down-payment of the dowry and furniture money that the husbands-to-be would willingly pay for the desire for misyar promiscuity. Once paid upfront, the two women would take off looking for another victim. But they would not forget about their first victims. They would squeeze every last penny from their victims by blackmailing them and threatening to inform their wives of their intentions of having second wives, leaving no choice for some victims but to submit to the women's requests to save their marriages. Acting on tip-offs provided in the victims' reports, the police assigned an investigative team to trace the two women who were arrested in less than 36 hours trying to trap new victims with the approach of Eid. The women targeted misyar marriage seekers with fat wallets. Col. Misfer Al-Juaid said the two women have been tricking their victims for a long time, pointing out that the silence of their victims encouraged them to continue with their malpractices. Okaz/SG __
