Nine people were arrested in Valencia, Cantabria and Valladolid for defrauding 32 people, all customers of prostitution websites or payment contacts, using the so-called hitman scam: the threat of being beaten or worse if the victim does not pay the extortion in one case increased to 12,000 euros. Those arrested, who also cheated with false job offers, did not hesitate to leave for dead anyone who refused to pay for it. A conversation between the blackmailer and the victim published by the Guardia Civil ends with the sentence: “Calm down, they will kill you.”
The operation began in March when one of the victims reported that a few days after soliciting contacts with women through a website, he received threats via cell phone messaging asking a stranger to pay money in exchange for “Don't send a killer.” to your home who beats you” demanded to get up or kill you.
This is how the hitman's scam, in which the fraudster attacks his victim, begins first with the shame of spreading his habits and, if he does not give in, with the threat that they will come to visit him at his home or at work, where they will settle accounts by force. Many pay. The network had at least 32 victims from whom it stole 40,000 euros. The conversations that victims and criminals had.
– “You said it was over,” says the victim to the fraudster, who demands another payment of 3,000 euros.
“Well, the partners are going to your house,” replies the criminal,” threatens the blackmailer.
– “Now I’m calling the police,” defends the blackmailer (…)
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–“ Don’t worry, they will kill you. “Aren’t you paying?” says the fraudster.
–“ Well, kill [sic] to everyone,” replies the blackmailed person.
The authors also addressed scams related to false job offers on the Internet, social networks and other media. Their victims interacted with them through phone calls and messages, and after reaching a supposed “agreement,” their victims sent copies of their personal documents, ID, and bank account numbers. As a result of the operation, seven people were arrested in Valencia and two others in Cantabria and Valladolid. Those arrested are accused of extortion, threats, fraud, identity theft, money laundering and membership in a criminal organization.