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Online scams: bank accounts emptied online, six precautionary measures

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From one survey su Tickets cloned for the stadium, the discovery of a fraud 'account emptiness' via the web.

Military personnel of the Provincial Command of the Guardia di Finanza di Roma, with the support of those of Napoli they executed a provision of the Neapolitan investigating judge arrest, with the benefit of the domiciliary, towards three people and dell 'submission requirement to the judicial police towards three other people.

Web scams, assets worth 250 thousand euros seized

The defendants must answer, in various capacities, for being part of a large group active on the national territory dedicated to the commission of numerous computer frauds and the cloning of electronic tools di payment e admission titles. Preventive seizure was also ordered for beni da 250.000 €.

The investigations began in January 2020, after the seizure of some tickets for a football match held in the Olympic stadium di Roma, counterfeit results, and, subsequently, the smartphones of the people identified as responsible for the marketing of the tickets.

The criminal network is organized in online chats

So many have emerged chat which have highlighted the existence of a larger network, rooted in the province of Napoli, for different computer frauds.

The financiers of the Core di Economic and Financial Police di Roma have allowed us to trace approximately 40 episodes di fraud perpetrated by the suspects against unsuspecting customers of credit institutions.

Through advanced systems of cloning with credit cards and credentials for services of internet banking, in particular, the scammers impersonated the legitimate holder of the financial relationship, quickly transferring the deposited sums to current accounts in the name of nominees.

The money then came taken in cash, split and sent with bank transfers, even of insignificant amounts, to numerous other current accounts.

The defendants first acquired the Dark web information on the banks where the victims had current accounts, then they stole the information needed to gain access to their account through a call o sms originating from a number apparently attributable to the credit institution, reporting alleged anomalous movements recorded.

The illicitly stolen sums were withdrawn in cash by those in charge of 'monetization', who in return sent the masterminds of the scam a video of the operation.

These sums were then used to pay stays in hotel, residences di luxury and for the purchase of beni precious, among which luxury watches e electronic devices of the latest technology.


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