Scammers Impersonate Authorities in Garda Area: How to Recognize and Respond

They impersonate Carabinieri when calling hoteliers, shopkeepers, artisans, and restaurant owners in the Middle and Upper Garda areas, offering subscriptions to military magazines.

They are not military personnel, but scammers who, from time to time, claim to belong to financial authorities, the police, the fire brigade, or the municipal guards.

How to recognize scams and how to respond

They often offer subscriptions to non-existent magazines or publications that have nothing to do with law enforcement agencies.

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

after obtaining the money, disappears without a trace.