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From Varcaturo they defrauded Poste Italiane customers throughout Italy: 2 arrests

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In Varcaturo, in a hotel on the Giugliano coast, the home banking scam center had been installed.

"We are Poste Italiane operators, there are problems with your online banking account and we need your credentials to resolve it." This is how they carried out their scams throughout Italy: from a hotel room in Varcaturo, in the hinterland north of Naples.

They are Vincenzo Saggese, 30 years old, and Franz Calcaro, 19 years old, discovered by the Carabinieri of Giugliano in Campania after an anonymous tip-off to 112.

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The particularly precise directions provided allowed the soldiers to arrive in front of the room where the two were operating surrounded by eight smartphones, four laptops and two POS terminals.

Before they could block the phones, the carabinieri called up the last numbers in the register and discovered that the callers had been defrauded by a so-called operator of the Italian Post Office.

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They allegedly informed them that their cards had been blocked due to fraudulent transactions and that they needed to re-enter their online banking codes to resolve the issue. The two alleged operators were arrested for conspiracy to commit fraud.

Article published on September 23, 2022 - 12:41 - Editorial Staff

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