Scammers Impersonate Carabinieri to Target Garda Businesses

Pretending to be Carabinieri, they contact hoteliers, shopkeepers, artisans, and restaurateurs in the Middle and Upper Garda regions by phone, proposing magazine subscriptions from the carabinieri.

These are not military personnel, but scammers who, from time to time, claim to belong to the finance police, the police, the fire brigade, or the Municipality police.

Recognizing scams

They often offer subscriptions to nonexistent magazines or magazines that have nothing to do with law enforcement authorities.

Therefore, stay alert and immediately report to the genuine Carabinieri — just dial 112 — as soon as you suspect you have been targeted by someone who,

if they have money, ceases to make further contact.