The phone ringing, on the other end of the line a person who pretends to be a relative – a child or grandchild – in financial difficulty: urgently asks for money to pay off the debt and avoid serious consequences, sometimes arrest. He always acted in this way the gang of scammers discovered by the Milan police: vfavorite fish, old people. Three people were arrested in the last few days, in collaboration with the mobile squad of the Naples police headquarters: two men and a woman, Italian citizensThey are accused of the crimes of aggravated fraud, aggravated home theft and improper use of credit cards, the victims being three elderly people.
Convinced of the veracity of the phone call and of the desire to help the relative, they were invited to collect all the valuables kept in the house, then hand them over to an accomplicewho showed up at the house. In the meantime, the operator continued to keep them busy, without giving them the chance to contact third parties or think about what to do. The scammer who showed up at home not only did he take the money and jewels, but he also stole payment cards of the elderly, then taking the money to buy clothes and cigarettes. The investigations – based on hearing witnesses, images from video surveillance systems and bank and telephone checks – have also ascertained that and telephone operatorswho pretended to be grandchildren or children of the elderly people who had been defrauded, called from Neapolitan.
The advice of law enforcement is to be careful, be wary of anyone who introduces themselves on the phone as a relative, police officer, public official or lawyer, reporting impending dangers and asking for the delivery of money or jewelry. In these cases, the correct behavior is hang up the phone immediately e contact the police and relatives. Likewise, if you are a victim of a scam, it is important to report what happened, without delay, to the telephone number 112.