POLICE IN PLOVDIV DETAINED TWO OF THE BIGGEST PHONE SCAMMERS

On 2nd of August, the police in Plovdiv arrested two of the biggest telephone fraudsters in Bulgaria: Dimitar Serafimov from the village of Gradishte, Pleven district and his cousin.

The group made between 20,000 and 30,000 BGN per week from the criminal activity.

As usual, the people who fell victims to the fraudsters were elderly people. The fraudsters called them on the home phones and deceived them into giving money. One of the victims was a 90-year-old lady, who gave them 2,000 BGN. She was deceived that her niece from Germany would make a transfer of a large amount of money to her, 32,000 euro, but customs clearance charges had to be paid in order to release the money.

The fraudsters hired a person to collect the money from the elderly lady. However, he became suspicious and reported it to the police. That is how the scam was unraveled. Three people were arrested and two more are wanted by the police.

17 telephone fraudsters have been arrested in Plovdiv since the beginning of the year.

The police is now seeking the two alleged accomplices to the scammers. They were the callers, who scammed the victims. It was identified that some of the calls were made from a SIM card of a Romanian mobile operator.