The “alms” scam left a woman without her gold jewelry. How it works

The “alms” scam left a woman without her gold jewelry. How it works
The “alms” scam left a woman without her gold jewelry. How it works
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On April 19, the Galati Court of Appeal definitively sentenced a woman from Dâmbovița county to a suspended prison term for fraud. Following the trial, the swindler was forced to return 7,500 lei to the two people he tricked.

The first victim of the scam was a worker at Salubrity from Focșani, who met her on the street on 4.11.2020.

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“She was accosted by the defendant …, who initially asked her where a church was located, and later specified that she wanted to give alms for the king …, moving together to the church. In front of the church, the defendant made the injured person give her the jewelry she had on her, namely four pairs of gold earrings, a chain and a ring, both silver, which the defendant wrapped in a napkin , and later in a handkerchief and tied them with scotch tape,” the prosecutors wrote in the indictment.

With a clever approach, the scammer handed the victim a beautifully wrapped handkerchief and asked him to unwrap it after a month. Shortly after, the woman discovered that inside it were only napkins and a 50-money coin, realizing that she had fallen prey to a scam. The value of the lost jewelry was estimated at 3,500 lei.

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After a few months, the woman used the same scheme also in Focșani. On 04/06/2021, another woman notified the Police after realizing that she had been cheated by the known method.

“She was stopped by a female person who asked her about the location of a church because she wanted to give alms in the name of the king…. He told her that he was giving her alms and thus touched her ears and hands with his hands, on which occasion he took a pair of gold earrings and two gold rings. Later, the defendant put the jewelry in a handkerchief that she wrapped and asked the injured person not to open it for a while,” say the investigators in the document presented to the court.

The duped woman realized that there were other, worthless jewels in that handkerchief and asked the swindler to return the jewels to her, but she quickly got into a car and disappeared. The value of the jewelry was estimated at 4,000 lei.

The authorities are now faced with the problem of finding the crook. According to the Police, she went abroad and her whereabouts are currently unknown, which is why it is unlikely that the victims will recover their damages.

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The article is in Romanian

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