The young man asked the old man for money and gold to free his son, who was supposedly in prison
The elderly man reported the incident to the Carabinieri, who then arrested the scammer.
VILLA OF TIRANO – He tried to scam an elderly man by pretending to be a lawyerasking the man to hand over a considerable suma cloud of money and gold for the bail necessary to release the son from prisonpresumably arrested. The scam of a 21enne who was arrested on Wednesday evening in Villa of Tirano by the Carabinieri for attempted aggravated fraud perpetrated against the elderly.
Determinant the Elderly complaint who went to the offices of the Tirano Carabinieri Station Commandalso thanks to the prevention campaign against the phenomenon of scams against the elderly conducted by the Carabinieri of the Provincial Command CC of Sondrio. After having reported the requests of the self-styled lawyer, who asked for money and gold to free the son of the offended person, apparently in prison.
The Carabinieri immediately took action and, following a prolonged surveillance and shadowing service, tracked down the fraudster near a commercial establishment in the area, arresting him for attempted aggravated fraud while he was about to receive the agreed bail.
The arrested person was taken to the Sondrio prisonavailable to the Judicial Authority.
A story with a happy ending thanks to the collaboration of citizens and the activity of Prevention of scam attempts that the Arma carries out on a daily basis both at the national and local level and which it is keen to point out: “No Carabiniere or member of the Police Force will ever contact a citizen to ask for money or valuables. In case of doubt, always contact the single emergency number 112”.
