Try the online scam with a “post”. But he publishes it on the Facebook page of the Trento Police Headquarters – Chronicle

TRENT. In recent weeks, attempts at online scams have followed one another, often carried out through requests for money necessary to support phantom life-saving treatments. However, the last one, in chronological order, had an unexpected target: the Trento Police Headquarters.

In fact, the user “Charlotte Petra” published a comment on a post from the city police headquarters. “I have a serious illness, throat cancer that condemns me to certain death, and in total I have 800,000 euros, which I would like to pass on to a reliable and honest person. I have a company that imports red olive oil to Portugal and 6 years ago I lost my husband, I experienced it a lot and I can’t get married to this day, we have no children. I want to donate this amount before I die so that my days are numbered because of this disease for which I can’t find a. care, but a calming company in Portugal does not want to know if you can use this donation. This is my email: [email protected]”.

However, there was no interaction – on the part of the Police Headquarters staff – which was necessary for this type of scam to be successful. This is in fact the method that is used in these cases: an attractive sum of money, accompanied by a touching story, is made available to the unaware user, upon making an immediate bank transfer so that this sum – allegedly “blocked”, as in this case – can be transferred to the citizen unaware of the scam.

The Police Headquarters therefore invites citizens to pay attention to any sudden request for money from entities, strangers, as well as those coming from phantom children who complain about the loss of their mobile phone and request – through a telephone number other than their own – money for sudden medical treatment, promptly reporting any suspicious operation to the police.