Eduardo Soteldo | LARA’S PRESS.- Two women were arrested and presented before the 18th Control Court of the Metropolitan Area of Caracas (AMC), by aggravated scam continued and association for offend.
Those arrested allegedly belong to a cybercrime group dedicated to scamming people over the phone, through which they communicated with users and under the name of “María” they offered large amounts of dollars with a price lower than the daily rate and after receiving payment cut contact abruptly.
The detainees were identified as Zuleima del Valle España Durán and Emily Yaneth Rojas Durán, who according to what Saab detailed were acting on the orders of Ronegar Carlos Alvarado Jiménez, a prisoner who is in the El Dorado prison.
“After multiple field investigations and analysis of traces of the bank accounts, the apprehension of the two women was achieved, who provided bank accounts that were used to receive the money scammed from the people who fell into the deception”, says the party of the prosecutor.
Although the word has spread among Venezuelans about these scam artists nicknamed “Maria”, many have fallen and lost their money.
It became a constant for citizens to receive a message with “Hi, I’m Maria, this is my new number” or “Hello, how are you? I’m Maria, this is my new number, write or call me when you can.” With those texts the scam begins.
Source: VTV
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