Spanish Civil Guard arrests man accused of deception of at least ten people trying to find stolen dogs, making them believe that he knows the whereabouts of their pets.

As reported in the message of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the investigation began after two people They reported their dog being stolen in June of last year, which led to the start of the operation dog rescue specialized group for combating robberies in the field (ROCA) of the Civil Guard.

“Both applicants circulated a request for help in their search through social networks. Shortly thereafter, a man contacted them and said that he saw an advertisement for the sale of his dog on the Internet for 200 euros. [3 mil 722 pesos, aproximadamente] but that he did not have the money to pay for it and thus be able to rescue it and send it back to its owners,” the newsletter says.

Both victims are deceived They immediately made a bank transfer to the scammer, who did not really know about the whereabouts of these dogs, only took advantage of the information he received wanted notices from the owners.

“After he turned out to have fraudulent money, he again contacted some of the victims, ridicule them for falling for a scam“, the Interior Ministry said in a statement.

After the Civil Guard authorities identified the alleged fraudster, they discovered that after a few weeks unsub scammed eight more people in the provinces of Cadiz, Granada, Leon, Malaga, Seville and Tarragona.

After this investigation, The 41-year-old suspect was arrested in the city of Ceuti, Murcia.This was announced on Monday by the Civil Guard.