What happened?
The Investigation Police (PDI) achieved the arrest of the leader of a group of scammers who, with the "false parcel" method they achieved profits of at least 400 million pesos.
This organization was deceiving the victims under that modality, posing as relatives who, supposedly, sent packages from abroad.
John Vivas, 34, was the leader of this organization, who cheated at least 10 people, which allowed the ostentation of faces jewels and high -end vehicles, in addition to luxurious trips around the world.
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The man of Colombian nationality sought potential victims who had family members abroad on social networks.The subject created false accounts to convince them, talking with the victims until the high sums of money.
Supposed customs agent
Eduardo was one of those deceived with the "false parcel".A relative would have contacted him from the United States through social networks asking him if he could keep parcels at his home.
"He told me 'I need you to do me a favor.I sent some parcels because I can't take them with me.I travel in 20 more days to Chile and I need that if I can keep them at home '", says the victim.
Unfortunately, it was not his relative, but a usurper.In parallel, he received messages from an alleged customs agent to demand payment for "excess load" of the parcel.
First, they demanded a payment of 800 thousand pesos to "release" the packages.Subsequently, it would be 600 thousand additional, which was part of the deception.Although he tried to communicate with his cousin, it was impossible;She only received "written" messages and, without realizing that it was a hoax, she paid.
"As was my friend, I believed him"
Aída was another victims of these alleged customs agents.She wrote a friend on social networks asking her to receive a parcel.
"It tells me that I have to carry three million and cash for the procedures of these customs and all those things and as my friend was believed and it was not so," says the woman.
The money was sent to Colombia
As detailed by the prosecutor Felipe Sepúlveda of the Metropolitan ProsecutorA maximum weight.
When the victims were able to really contact who their relative was realized that there was never a parcel.More than 400 million pesos obtained this group deceiving people.
The sub -prefect Luis Orellana, chief brigade cybercrime metropolitanvehicles or some other type ".
After months of investigation, the band leader was captured and this was formalized by a series of crimes, leaving in pretrial detention.However, it is not ruled out that the number of victims increases.
