A young scammer from Naples was arrested in Ferrara by police while attempting to scam an elderly woman using the usual technique of pretending to be a police officer and mentioning her son's accident.
In the late morning, an anonymous phone call alerted the police: an impostor pretending to be a Carabinieri officer was asking for a large sum of money to solve a problem involving the victim's son.
Thanks to the timely reporting and the intuition of the Flying Squad officers, the fraudster was identified at the Ferrara station and arrested while trying to flee with the loot.
Gold jewellery worth approximately 17.000 Euros and cash worth 2500 Euros in 50 and 100 Euro notes were found in the backpack.'old woman The lady, deeply shocked by what had happened, filed a complaint confirming the scam.
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It's a really bad situation, people need to be careful of these scammers who pretend to be carabinieri. I hope the lady can get over this bad time and that those responsible are punished fairly.