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EXCLUSIVE: British university students mistaken for Premier League footballers are fleeced for £16,000 and held in Dubai for two months over £100,000 Range Rover rental row

Two British university students who were mistaken for Premier League footballers have been stranded in Dubai for more than two months after a row over renting a £100,000 Range Rover, MailOnline can reveal.

James Dua-Wiafi and Stanley Kundishora flew to the Gulf state in August to celebrate their joint 21st birthday with a group of friends.

But the trip of a lifetime backfired badly when the young, naive travellers damaged the top end car they had hired as a treat.

Instead of being covered by insurance as they thought, the men say they became victims of a scam with rental officials extorting £16,000 from them, believing they were from wealthy backgrounds.