Fake accident caused by son or nephew

 

You receive a phone call from a gentleman with kind manners who presents himself as a lawyer or a law enforcement representative and tells you that your son or grandson is responsible for an accident; he even passes it to you on the phone, but the call is very disturbed. Obviously he is not your relative, but it is easy to fall into error because the news of the incident has destabilized you emotionally.

 

The scammer tells you that in order to solve the problem immediately and not have trouble with justice he immediately needs cash and precious objects.

 

Nothing is true, it's a scam. Don't be fooled and call an acquaintance right away who can put you in touch with your real family members. If you don't have anyone call us.

 

False precious stones

 

A reassuring-looking gentleman and usually middle-aged, pretends to be a foreigner and tells you that for an emergency he has to reach his country of origin but he does not have cash available for the trip.

 

He usually stops a lady on the street and tries to sell her a ring or precious stones that he says would be worth a few thousand euros and, given the rush, he is willing to sell them to the lady for much less.

 

At that moment another well-dressed gentleman passes by who says he is a jeweler and shows a lot of lens to check the stones. Short check and immediately he offers to buy them for 5 thousand euros. At that point the stranger shows sympathy for the victim and insists that she buys them. And he often manages to convince her by getting "only" 2/3 thousand euros.

 

False charity

 

A well-dressed gentleman, about 50/60 years old, sometimes with a foreign accent, pretends to be a doctor or a representative of a pharmaceutical company looking for a deposit to make a donation of medicines for charity purposes. Stop a gentleman on the street, usually in middle-class neighborhoods, asking for information about this deposit: the gentleman obviously doesn't know anything. Another person passes by, the accomplice, pretending to know where the deposit is but says it has been closed.

 

At that point the only way to make the donation is only through a notary but you need a cash advance that obviously he says he doesn't have with him. The elderly victim is convinced that she can contribute to charity if she provides the money she needs for the notary and as a thank you she will be given cash compensation. The victim is accompanied to the bank to withdraw a sum that can be even a few thousand euros and then put in the car to go to the notary. During the journey, the scammers "remember" that they will surely need a stamp. They stop in front of a tobacconist and ask the lady to go buy it. As soon as the scammed person gets off, of course, they run away.

 

False inheritance

 

The same procedure is also used for a false inheritance to be delivered. A gentleman impersonates someone looking for an old friend to whom he should give money related to an inheritance. He stops an elderly person to ask about that phantom friend but obviously no one knows him until a passerby, an accomplice of the scammer, stops and says that that person is dead.

 

The only solution is the notary but you need the advance. And the epilogue is always the escape after having made the victim move away with an excuse.

 

Fake INPS, Enel or Inpdap officials

 

They show up at the door of elderly people with the excuse of having to check the pension or contribution position; or even to check the gas meter, electricity, etc. but in reality they cheat people by having money delivered or stealing goods or other things of value.

 

Remember that before checking the houses, the Entities place notices in the building in advance with contact details that you can call.

 

The fake fishmonger

 

A man outside a supermarket introduces himself to an elderly person like an old friend, a fish merchant; he manages to convince the victim that he is in financial difficulty and that he wants, for little money, to sell fresh fish that he has not far away in a van. The old man gives in to the request of the fake old friend and after giving money to the scammer waits for him to return shortly after with the promised fish, in reality the criminal quickly disappears leaving the old man confused by the meeting.