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Gaming console fraud in Rome

Overview

Two men from the province of Naples have been reported to the Rome Prosecutor’s Office following an online gaming console scam. The fraud, which targeted a victim and his mother, resulted in a loss of 11,000 euros.

The scheme began when a victim responded to an e-commerce advertisement for a rare console priced at 199 euros. After moving the conversation to a private number, the suspects allegedly used technical issues as a pretext to induce multiple instant bank transfers over several months. The 71-year-old suspect was falsely presented as the 22-year-old’s grandfather to solicit additional payments from the victim’s mother. Financial and digital forensics conducted by the Carabinieri traced the funds back to the suspects.

Entities

Rome · Carabinieri · Vlăduț Becher · Marius Borcoi · Naples

Timeline

  1. 9 days ago

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  2. 19 days ago

    [CRIME] 6 sources
    Rome police charge two men in 11,000-euro gaming console scam

    Two men from Naples face charges after an online scam involving a 199-euro gaming console resulted in 11,000 euros being stolen from a Roman man and his mother through fraudulent bank transfers.

Sources

adevarul.ro · bzc.ro · canaledieci.it · click.ro · everyeye.it · ilfattovesuviano.it · lacronacadiroma.it · news.yam.md · secoloditalia.it · spaziogames.it · vremeanoua.ro