US EditionThe Summer Version of the ‘Son in Distress’ Scam Arrives
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This article was originally published in Noticias para Municipios. Nearly 20,000 euros are set aside for a family of Móstoles through the method of ‘son in distress’. National Police agents have arrested in Valencia three people, two women and one man, between 19 and 28 years old, as alleged perpetrators of a fraud offence under the modality of ‘son in distress’. These three people managed to scam two members of the same family, mother and son, …
“From the creators of ‘Daddy, I’ve broken my mobile’ comes ‘Daddy, I’ve dropped my mobile phone to the water’.” This is the warning they make from the National Police to alert citizens, including Ceuta’s neighbors, to the arrival of the summer version of the well-known ‘predicament of the son in distress’. The authorities’ message is clear and direct: “Don’t pick up!, with this excuse you will end up asking for money and for once it won’t be you…
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