Difficulties force a person to think of possible ways to solve them. The swindlers trading on the country’s roads were no exception. Thus, criminals have adopted new methods of “separating” drivers for money and blatantly disguising themselves as traffic cops.
The scheme is as simple as two cents. More precisely, as a sum of five zeros, which the attackers shake off the victim during the automatic substitution. Driving an expensive foreign car, usually a premium SUV with a scratched or broken left rear-view mirror, the bandits search for a victim in an equally prestigious luxury car along the way. Having overtaken the “customer”, the crooks begin to slow down, forcing it to catch up, throwing a small object at the car through no fault of the guilty driver, simulating the sound of a possible collision.
Usually the villains use a regular tennis ball for this effect. Usually the stunned driver does not immediately slow down to find out what just happened on the way. However, he will still have to stop. The scammers immediately start honking and flashing with high beams, or they overtake with their hands along the way. Nothing new, you say? Almost. If you do not take into account the fact that a brave law enforcement officer drives the car of criminals. To be precise, are “copy-paste”.
After introducing himself as a police officer and even showing the “perpetrator of the accident” a false certificate, the guard of the disorder, consisting of one or two accomplices acting as a support group, begins to frighten the victim. First of all, to threaten that the latter has left the scene of the accident, and liability for such a violation provides for the deprivation of “rights” for up to a year and a half. In addition, you can go to a temporary detention center for 15 days.
The pseudo-police officer promises to certainly take care of this and immediately calls “his” colleagues from the traffic police to the scene of the incident. When the victim begins to show noticeable excitement, she is immediately offered to solve the situation on the spot – buying and replacing a side rear-view mirror in a certified center will cost 120-150 thousand rubles. For greater firmness, the driver who fell under the “divorce” is even shown on a smartphone a catalog with the cost of original products for a particular car.
Usually these are large crossovers and SUVs of the German brand Mercedes-Benz, including the GLE, GLS and G-class. Anything is better than wasting time with traffic cops and then walking unfriendly for 1.5 years, right? No not like that!
Firstly, you should not believe everything and everyone, especially since there are no signs of damage to your car. Or rather, it wasn’t. Judging by the lively discussion of motorists on specialized forums, the bandits, imperceptibly to the victim, put several scratches on the right rearview mirror of his car, while the employees enter into an emotional dialogue. Secondly, even in such a nervous situation, it is essential to contact the 112 emergency call service. If the attackers realize that you are unwavering in your desire to solve the problem in an official way, they will simply leave.
Try to remember the model and make of their car, as well as the state license plate, to report the incident to real law enforcement. Smartphone camera is useful. Admittedly, it is important to add that criminals try to choose women as victims, or older citizens who are most easily victims of deception and psychological attacks.
By the way, one of the similar groups was recently detained in the Domodedovo district of the Moscow region. Three members of the gang were tried under part 4 of art. 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation “Fraud”. They risk up to 10 years in prison.
Difficulties force a person to think of possible ways to solve them. The swindlers trading on the country’s roads were no exception. Thus, criminals have adopted new methods of “separating” drivers for money and blatantly disguising themselves as traffic cops.
The scheme is as simple as two cents. More precisely, as a sum of five zeros, which the attackers shake off the victim during the automatic substitution. Driving an expensive foreign car, usually a premium SUV with a scratched or broken left rear-view mirror, the bandits search for a victim in an equally prestigious luxury car along the way. Having overtaken the “customer”, the crooks begin to slow down, forcing it to catch up, throwing a small object at the car through no fault of the guilty driver, simulating the sound of a possible collision.
Usually the villains use an ordinary tennis ball for this effect. Usually the stunned driver does not immediately slow down to find out what just happened on the way. However, he will still have to stop. The scammers immediately start honking and flashing with high beams, or they overtake with their hands along the way. Nothing new, you say? Almost. If you do not take into account the fact that a brave law enforcement officer drives the car of criminals. To be precise, are “copy-paste”.
After introducing himself as a police officer and even showing the “perpetrator of the accident” a false certificate, the guard of the disorder, consisting of one or two accomplices acting as a support group, begins to frighten the victim. First of all, to threaten that the latter has left the scene of the accident, and liability for such a violation provides for the deprivation of “rights” for up to a year and a half. In addition, you can go to a temporary detention center for 15 days.
The pseudo-police officer promises to certainly take care of this and immediately calls “his” colleagues from the traffic police to the scene of the incident. When the victim begins to show noticeable excitement, she is immediately offered to solve the situation on the spot – buying and replacing a side rear-view mirror in a certified center will cost 120-150 thousand rubles. For greater firmness, the driver who fell under the “divorce” is even shown on a smartphone a catalog with the cost of original products for a particular car.
Usually these are large crossovers and SUVs of the German brand Mercedes-Benz, including the GLE, GLS and G-class. Anything is better than wasting time with traffic cops and then walking unfriendly for 1.5 years, right? No not like that!
Firstly, you should not believe everything and everyone, especially since there are no signs of damage to your car. Or rather, it wasn’t. Judging by the lively discussion of motorists on specialized forums, the bandits, imperceptibly to the victim, put several scratches on the right rearview mirror of his car, while the employees enter into an emotional dialogue. Secondly, even in such a nervous situation, it is essential to contact the 112 emergency call service. If the attackers realize that you are unwavering in your desire to solve the problem in an official way, they will simply leave.
Try to remember the model and make of their car, as well as the state license plate, to report the incident to real law enforcement. Smartphone camera is useful. Admittedly, it is important to add that criminals try to target women or elderly citizens, who are most easily victims of deception and psychological attacks.
By the way, one of the similar groups was recently detained in the Domodedovo district of the Moscow region. Three members of the gang were tried under part 4 of art. 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation “Fraud”. They risk up to 10 years in prison.
Source: Avto Vzglyad
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