It happened in Gioia Tauro, he pretended to belong to the police
He would have pretended to be a member of the police force and would have taken the opportunity to promise his victims, people who were in difficult economic conditions, a ‘secure’ job after the delivery of a total of around 24 thousand euros.
The perpetrator of the scam, originally from Taranto, was identified by the policemen of the Gioia Tauro Public Security Police Station who were contacted by the members of the targeted family who started the investigations coordinated by the Palmi Prosecutor’s Office and concluded with the notification , to the man, of the notice of the conclusions of the preliminary investigations.
“The rapid intervention of the State Police – says a note from the Reggio Calabria Police Headquarters – testifies to the high level of attention paid to combating fraudulent conduct carried out by unscrupulous fraudsters who, more and more often, take advantage of the victims’ fickleness by pretending to belong to to institutions.
The police forces – the note continues – reiterate the need to pay attention to all situations that appear anomalous, especially if they involve requests for money or jewellery, without hesitating to contact the single European emergency number 112″.
