The Civil Guard, within the framework of the “Fake James” operation, He arrested 21 people and studied four more for having frozen 1.5 million euros through the “scam of love”with which pretending the love relationships They managed to deceive 70 people. In Navarra there are four victims affected for those who have deceived 7,500 euros.
This was reported by the reinforced institute in a declaration in which it detailed it The investigation was opened after one of the victims reported that he was scammed for over 94,000 euros after being deceived Thinking of having a love relationship that had informed him that he had economic problems.
The organization used their kidnappers of the victims, which has cheated in a natural and apparently normal way. They obtained information from their victims through social networks or other data such as and -mail and even the mobile number.
Once this information has been obtained, they contacted the victims, creating a real personUsing a fictitious profile image and pretending to have a profession of work that did not actually exist. After a period of time when the criminals obtained the trust of their victims, reaching an emotional or loving relationship with them, pretended to have economic problems.
Finally, The victims have committed themselves to helping the alleged criminals that enter large quantities of money In the numbers of bank accounts that have been provided through instant messaging applications.
A criminal network designed for the real deception
The Team of Technological Crime of the Civil Guard has assumed the investigation e has identified at least 70 people who would have been victims of this method deception in the provinces of Madrid, Navarra, Alicante, Álava, Sevilla, Vizcaya and Murcia. The network, “perfectly structured”, acted not only in Spain, but also throughout Europe and in some African countries.
They had several assigned functions, since while some of their members were already dedicated to emotionally manipulating the victims, others were dedicated to falsifying the documents to open bank accounts subsequently or create “ghost company”.
Moreover, Those in charge of creating bank accounts with false data or data from “mules” have also dedicated themselves to introducing the money obtained illegally in the legal market. They purchased goods to be transported to African countries or send money directly to these countries.
During the investigation, The agents managed to obtain the data of the people who made this criminal organization. In total, seven records were made in two Navarra and five Madrid locations.
Moreover, There were 21 members and have investigated four other people for scam crimes and suspectsrecycling of money and belonging to the criminal organization. 93 bank accounts with 1.5 million euros were blocked and four vehicles were intervened.
