Scam Alert: Fake Carabinieri Impersonators Targeting Garda Businesses

They impersonate Carabinieri when calling hoteliers, shopkeepers, artisans, and restaurants in the Middle and Upper Garda region, proposing subscriptions to the force‘s magazines.

They are not military personnel, but fraudsters who, from time to time, claim to belong to the finance police, the police, the fire brigade, or the Municipal police.

How to recognize scams

They often suggest subscriptions to nonexistent magazines or those unrelated to law enforcement agencies.

Therefore, beware and immediately alert the genuine Carabinieri — simply dial 112 — as soon as you suspect that you have been targeted by individuals who,

if they had money, do not show up again.