The mirror scam also strikes in Cagliari . The latest victim is an 80-year-old from Giba, defrauded by a 27-year-old worker from Quartu .
According to what was reconstructed by the police, to whom the elderly man turned to report the episode, while the 80-year-old was in the capital aboard his Fiat Panda he was overtaken and urged to stop by a 27-year-old aboard a Fiat van Shield registered to a rental company in Assemini. With skillful arguments , the 27-year-old convinced the elderly man that he had hit and broken the rear-view mirror of his van, having him hand over 250 euros in cash as compensation for the necessary repairs .
However, after realizing he had been duped, the elderly man turned to the police and the 27-year-old was identified.
(Unioneonline/vl)
