This National Police Arrested in the town of Toledo Queen Talavera Two people aged 20 and 54 are charged defraud about 3,000 euros to someone 86-year-old woman in Alicante through “stamp fraud”. After an investigation by Alicante Northern Territory Police Station agents, the arrested man tricked the elderly woman into giving them 2,500 euros in jewelery and 200 euros in cash.
According to the victim’s account before the Police, as she was wandering around Alicante, she approached when an inconsolably crying young man pretending to have some sort of ailment approached her. mental disability and asked him for help. after getting your attention “hook” approached and offered to help the woman to stop the young man from crying.
The fake disabled man kept saying he wanted to “go with the nuns,” and the other crook offered to take the young man in his car to the place he was pointing at. The old woman agreed, and during the journey the young man showed her several stacks of 50 euro bills and also told her that he liked her earrings. stopped sobbing While pretending to be fascinated by the jewels and driving, the “hook” suggested that she give them to him so that he would stop crying and give them back to him when they arrived at the aforementioned nuns’ school.
The victim gave her earrings and a chain to the young swindler, who immediately stopped crying. “Hook” managed to persuade the victim to go home to get it. more gems and coins. To do this, she convinced him that when they dropped him off at the nun school, they would get his jewels back and share the money with him.
The woman took more jewelry from her home and 200 euro cash, which the “hook” then placed in a plastic bag that he gave to the young man to entertain himself and stop crying. Thinking that they were going to the convent school to drop the young man off, he went back to the car, but on the way the “hook” stopped the car and asked the victim to go out to buy the young man a sandwich.
Flight
When the victim got out of the car and entered a store, the two authors of the hoax took the loot and fled in the car before the victim got out.
In addition to the fact-telling, the woman provided information about the physical characteristics and vehicle of the two authors, therefore Alicante Northern District Police Station II. Investigation Group initiated an investigation and became aware of an act of a similar nature that had been committed. Placencia (Kaceres)Two men, aged 20 and 54, were arrested.
Agents confirmed that these were the same scammers operating in Alicante, and eventually found them in Talavera de la Reina, the town of Toledo, where those investigated were their habitual residence. Alicante investigators requested cooperation from that municipality’s Police Station and took action to arrest him.
both gone released He is waiting to be summoned to the judicial authorities after his statement is taken.
The National Police discourages citizens from over-confidence in people wielding some type of weapon. cheatThey want to gain your trust by looting your money or jewelry as the ultimate goal, and they also want to remember that the classic “tocomocho” or “stampita” scams are still used by scammers to deceive their victims, and that’s their main purpose. old.
Therefore, in the case of an observation defenseless person It is recommended that you call the National Police requesting some sort of help if you are helpless on a public road so they can assist you, given the suspicion that your attention may be drawn to making you the victim of a scam.