The institution asked to report this type of scam, in addition to not disclosing personal information or responding to these messages.
A new form of fraud has been implemented for several days through WhatsApp, the Police warned today.
The institution, via Twitter, detailed how the crooks work, also commented that they have already received various notifications of the crime from various points in the San Salvados metropolitan area.
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“It is known that I write to random people with a foreign number and pretend to be a known person, asking if I know who he is? and the victims associate someone they know who could live outside the country and the deception begins “, the Police wrote on the social network.
The offender later states that he is about to return to the country and is asking for your help, either to receive his luggage or to help him financially, for which he is asking for a photo of his DUI for “customs procedures” or money deposits by international remittance. ”.
Police asked to report this type of scam, in addition to not disclosing personal information or responding to these messages.
Prior to the police message, some users recalled the typical deception of a few years ago, when crooks used Guatemalan phone numbers for their evil deeds.
At that time, the scammers told the victim that they had won a vehicle and money, then asked for a DUI number and a bank account to deliver the prize.
Subsequently, the victim deposited money in an account of the interlocutor, so that he could process the vehicle and the money in Guatemala.