He defrauded an elderly woman with the usual system of the false lawyer, making her give him 1,500 euros and some valuables. The episode occurred in Porto Torres to the detriment of an 86-year-old pensioner.
The scammer contacted the woman by phone and pretended to be a lawyer and said that her son was in custody at the Carabinieri station because he had run over a woman, who ended up in hospital in serious condition. He also knew the names of her two children and where they lived.
To avoid his son's imprisonment, the man asked the victim to immediately hand over money and family jewels.
The fake lawyer specified that the woman had received a call from the Carabinieri to confirm the arrest of her son. The call came a few minutes later along with another call from a second cell phone, in which the fake lawyer said that an employee of the legal office would show up to collect the money. And so it was.
Shortly after, a man knocked on the door to collect the sum. The accomplice, taking advantage of the poor victim, managed to get him to hand over money and gold objects. The episode was reported to the Carabinieri of the Porto Torres company.
