Overview
- Calls open with a claim that the victim’s car plate was cloned for a jewelry-store robbery, establishing urgency and legitimacy.
- A purported officer then arrives at the home, records jewelry details on official-looking forms, and slips away with the items when the victim fetches documents.
- The caller keeps the victim on the line and directs them toward a police station to complete paperwork, ending the call as the victim nears the building.
- Accounts describe scammers convincingly imitating local dialects to build trust, suggesting a coordinated and skilled operation.
- Coverage reports the scheme began in Naples and is appearing across Italy, with police advising residents to hang up and call 112 as no legitimate checks occur at home.