Five people have been reported by the Capoterra police for aggravated fraud and money laundering.
The military's investigation started from a text message received from an 80-year-old resident of the town and which contained a link apparently coming from the bank where the elderly man has an account. The text announced problems relating to the functionality of home banking for which it was necessary to log in. Shortly afterwards, a phone call arrived from a so-called operator of the credit institution inviting the 80-year-old to enter his credentials via the internet. The victim of the scam, not suspecting anything, clicked on the link and found himself on the site - the fraudulent one - which faithfully reproduced that of the bank.
Having obtained the credentials, the perpetrators of the scam emptied his account by withdrawing just under 3 thousand euros, all of the pensioner's savings.
That money, as reconstructed by the carabinieri, was then passed into the accounts of the accused who, in practice, divided the "loot" among themselves.
Five people living in Naples and the province ended up in trouble, in particular in Afragola and Torre del Greco.
(Unioneonline/ss)
