CASTELNUOVO. A sudden thud, whoever is on board the car, an elderly 95 year old, looks around, but there is no one there. Then, as he continues on the street, he notices that he is being chased by a car: a man – at the wheel – and a woman on board. When he parks, the woman, getting out of the vehicle, approaches and invents an excuse. One of the usual well-known scammer strategies, put into practice yesterday in the Montale pharmacy area: the target this time is an elderly gentleman who has already had the exact same dynamic happen in the past. Knowing the practice of criminals, he parks far from home, near the stilt park, and threatens to call the police: as soon as he mentions the police, the scam doesn’t end well, the woman and the driver of the car run away. «It had already happened to my grandfather and fortunately this time he was prepared – comments his granddaughter, Nicole – According to rumors and testimonies, it is a frequent dynamic, which often occurs in various areas of Montale, but the street that passes next to the pharmacy is really targeted.” Fortunately, after feeling the blow, the victim realizes that he is being followed and decides to mislead the scammers: «The two criminals parked just before him, then the woman got out of the car – continues the niece – Leaving the man driving she headed towards my grandfather: when he asked her why they were following him, she replied that she just wanted to warn him that he couldn’t park where he had parked the car. So my grandfather replied that he understood her intentions perfectly and that he would call the police. As he named the police, they ran away.” He has no memory of the car, the police, at the time of the report, replied to the family that unfortunately there was no video surveillance camera present: «We hope that they will install video cameras later – concludes Nicole – The citizens need them. Thefts and extortion attempts in that area are now the order of the day.”
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