Whether you’re going on vacation or about to head home, this toll scam has the potential to ruin your summer. Here is the technique of crooks to steal your property on the highway.
This summer of 2022 will leave its mark. Between the fires ravaging the country, the drought which raises fears of shortages and this restaurant scam, the French will have spent a half-fig, half-grape holiday. And it’s not this new scam that will fix things. While you are quietly in your car, crooks take advantage of this moment to steal your property. Indeed, the French and Spanish police have discovered a new scam, that of the toll scam. The criminals deflate the tires of the car they have targeted and once stopped, they pretend to help, before stealing its occupants.
A technique that seems well established in view of the growing number of victims. Victims passing through French and Spanish motorways, tolls and rest areas. The police therefore decided to rbring this toll scam to light. In a video, we discover a compilation of the techniques of thieves to steal the personal effects of their victims.
A toll scam that can cost you a lot of money
Thus, in a video posted by the Catalan police “Mossos d’Esquadra”, on their Twitter account, we see very clearly how the criminals go about it. First of all, once the targeted car has stopped at the toll to pay, the scammers’ vehicle comes as close as possible. One of them gets out of the car on the sly and slips at the rear tire. He deals many blows before returning to his vehicle. All this time, the victim does not notice anything.
When his tire deflates, the targeted person stops at a motorway service area. As she begins to change her doctored tire, one of the crooks pretends to want to help her while his accomplice breaks into his vehicle and leaves with everything he finds: phone, wallet, tablet, GPS, etc.
Faced with this scam, the police reminded them of the right things to do: remain vigilant and lock your doors when you go out of your car.