Scam Calls Impersonating Carabinieri and Police: How to Recognize and React

They impersonate Carabinieri when making phone calls to hoteliers, shopkeepers, artisans, and restaurateurs in the Medio and Alto Garda regions, offering subscriptions to magazines of the armed forces.

They are not military personnel, but fraudsters who, from time to time, claim to belong to the finance police, the regular police, firefighters, or municipal police forces.

How to recognize scams and how to react

They often offer subscriptions to non-existent magazines or magazines unrelated to law enforcement.

Therefore, be cautious and immediately notify the genuine Carabinieri — simply dial 112 — as soon as you suspect you have been targeted by individuals who,

after acquiring the money, disappear.