Scammers Impersonate Carabinieri to Fleece Garda Businesses

They impersonate Carabinieri when making phone calls to hoteliers, shop owners, artisans, and restaurants in the Middle and Upper Garda area, 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 Comune police.

How to recognize scams

They often propose subscriptions to non-existent magazines or magazines that have nothing to do with the law enforcement.

Therefore, be careful and immediately alert the Carabinieri — simply dial 112 — as soon as you suspect you have been targeted by someone who,

if they had any money, no longer appears.