To buy a swimming pool that was not in the ground, they had induced him - with tricks and deceptions - to make a transfer of 750 euros, but the object had never been delivered. The victim of the scam, a 55-year-old from Mandas, had started the negotiation for the sale after responding to an ad on a well-known online site, then the conclusion was made with direct contacts and outside the official circuit.
Realized that he had been scammed, the man had turned to the carabinieri who managed to identify three people: a 37-year-old, a 31-year-old and an 80-year-old, all from Crotone and with previous charges against.
Having received the money, they had become unavailable and even the telephone service used for communications was no longer functional.
The military, however, traced their identity by identifying who had actually received the transfer and who had in use the telephone number used for the scam.
(Unioneonline / ss)
