With the support of the ECU911 video cameras, a follow-up was made to locate and arrest these people.
Tulcan
A foreign couple who tried to scam citizens of Tulcán, on the northern border, with the so-called “loteriazo”, was apprehended at the Tulcán land terminal when they tried to leave that city.
Walter Maroto, deputy commander of the Carchi Police Subzone, reported that a citizen alert prevented the investigators, who began to follow up and search for the scammers.
One of the possible victims who escaped being mocked reported that he was approached by the tricksters, who showed him the winning ticket (Super Lotto) that offered $ 500,000 to the winning number and the newsletter where the figure was recorded.
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The outsiders offered to get rid of the ticket in exchange for a sum of money that was not disclosed, indicating to the unsuspecting the gazette that had been adulterated and in which the figure was recorded.
With the support of the ECU911 camcorders, a follow-up was made to know the modus operandi, locate them and finally stop them. Once they were immobilized, ticket N 754935 was detected in a superficial search held by Colombian citizen María C.
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Checking the number on the National Lottery page, it turned out that he was the winner of half a million dollars, but the police noticed that the ticket had been manipulated to commit fraud.
The complainant indicated that her patrimony was not affected, because she was suspicious of the intentions of the two citizens, since they insistently asked her to accompany them to change the ticket because they did not know the city.
Faced with the strange attitude, the woman decided not to accompany them because she suspected that she could be drugged and immediately reported the incident to ECU911, from where they coordinated the capture operation. (I)
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