Ancona: Online scams, 3 reported
Scams perpetrated through cyber channels are a widespread phenomenon on a global level., which also affects unsuspecting internet users in the province of Ancona. The Carabinieri of the Provincial Command of Ancona have long since started a prevention campaign to protect web usersThrough widespread information and awareness activities, which are echoed by the investigative investigations that are systematically implemented following each complaint filed, also with the assistance of the “Cyber Investigation” Section of the Provincial Investigative Unit.
In this context, the soldiers of the Fabriano Company have The authors of two separate scams have been identified, perpetrated with different "scripts" but with the common element of approaching the victim through false online advertisements, particularly attractive because they are created in such a way as to appear authentic.
In a first case, the Carabinieri of Cerreto d'Esi, during a road traffic check, have a vehicle was stopped because it was found to be uninsured. The driver of the vehicle, a forty-year-old local man who owns a insurance sticker apparently valid, he reported to the military that following an internet search for a car insurance policy he had been contacted by a so-called insurance agent who, by carrying out a particularly advantageous offer, had convinced him to pay the sum of 350 € on a credit card and then sent him the insurance contract and the coupon, which turned out to be false. By tracing the contacts between the victim and the scammer, a thirty-year-old Neapolitan woman, the military were able to identify her and report her.
In a second case, the military of the Fabriano station have A forty-year-old from Campania and a thirty-year-old from Puglia reported for fraud in competition as, through a fake advertisement for renting a room for students, had induced a twenty-five year old student from Fabriano to pay onto a prepaid card 600 € for accommodation in Perugia, which in fact does not exist.
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