In Spain they are using “mules” with credit cards to scam at gas stations.
Mules with credit cards are used to scam at fuel pumps
The National Police He managed to dismantle a criminal organization dedicated to defrauding credit cards at gas stations, where they recharged at a lower price with credit cards in exchange for cash.
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A total of 26 people were arrested during the police operation. In the investigation, 10 searches were found in homes where mobile phones, credit cards, various documents and several cars were seized.
The leaders of the organization formed a pyramidal system in whose database were those in charge who were looking for vulnerable people or people with few economic resources in search of refueling cards with a line of credit.
They applied for the loans posing as self-employed in exchange for money, which the authorities call “money mules”
Then they offered the fuel to drivers of heavy units at gas stations, paying for the refueled diesel with credit cards in the name of the false self-employed, until they received the blocking of the account.
Scams in Catalonia, Valencia and Tenerife
According to officials, the criminal organization obtained 97 credit cards from gas stations with more than 550 operations. With a scammed figure of 250,000 euros, almost all in service areas of Catalonia, the Valencian Community and Tenerife.
The 26 people arrested are charged with the crime of belonging to a criminal organization, fraud, identity theft and document falsification.
Have you been offered easy money?💵
If the answer is yes, it is possible that they have tried to use you in #muleread these signs if you suspect and do not commit a #crime👇👇👇@Europol #DontBeAMule#Don’tBeMula pic.twitter.com/vJ2iqOjv5S
– National Police (@police) December 11, 2022
Writing by Gossipvehículos/Source: www.autobild.es
