Car thieves use chalks: the new scam is becoming popular

Today in times of crisis, due to the Ukraine – Russia war and the pandemic that has brought all Italian families to their knees, those who want to try to survive or steal cars or try to scam unfortunates who are often elderly, with a car and a piece of chalk.

A piece of chalk is enough for thieves
A piece of chalk is enough for thieves – Motori.News

Probably the cars that are stolen are sold piece by piece, disassembled, earning incredibly high figures. An example that represents the reality of these times is that of Moroccan about 24 years old who tried to steal a vehicle without realizing that you are right in front of the police station.

So slowly as he approached the car for break it in an agent tried. Between stolen cars and scams of any kind, be careful if you don’t want to fall into some trap.

What’s going on just using a piece of chalk

Something more happened in Mesola, in the province of Foggia, a young twenty-seven year old just a few days ago, he cheated an old man with the mirror trick broken to repair. Today the scam of the mirror and the chalk is in fashion.

The scammer usually pretends to have been bumped by the victim who is usually an old man. After having tapped 100 euros, he asks for more money so as not to call insurance. This is exactly what happened in Mesola, where the scammer was caught after the scam with chalks in hand while simulating scratches on the car.

Unfortunately in this period always due to the economic crisis that all there we found ourselves having to face, not all families, while working, are able to go on. This is why people succumb to these illegal tricks and then start committing crimes. With the mirror scam, a common scammer manages to steal at least 100 euros from the victim.

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Which are the cities where the most cars are stolen and which are the cars preferred by scammers

According to the latest research carried out by ViaSat, only in 2011 they were stolen well 110 thousand cars. The numbers are destined to increase because the crisis shows no signs of resolving or subsiding, on the contrary it is getting worse. For now, the coveted places for car thefts and ghost plates are the same as always, namely Milan, Rome and Naples.

As for the cars, the most quoted, those placed in the spotlight, which are often called into question both for thefts and for the mirror and chalk scam are the Fiats, especially the Fiat Panda, then immediately after there is the Fiat Punto and finally the Fiat Uno . The last in fourth place is the 500, which for some unknown reason, the criminals don’t like.

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