Agents of National Police A Spanish woman residing in Andorra was arrested in Lérida for her alleged involvement in a crime of fraud using the method of “love deception”.
The inmate was part of a group who contacted their potential victims through different social networks until they got a response. relationship close to friendship. Subsequently, they tried to move to a phase of affection or trust close to a romantic relationship, even expressing through these electronic means their desire to leave their country of residence for Spain to meet them and live with them .
This intention was thwarted on different occasions, as she herself explained, for various reasons, such as problems at customs or borders, financial difficulties pay transfer fees or lack of cash for the trip. It is for this reason that the members of the group proposed to their interlocutors to send them certain sums of money to be able to deal with these incidents. The victims, who were already in a situation of emotional dependencethey managed to pay the requested amounts.
Upon discovering that they have been victims of deception, victims suffer not only the economic deterioration of the transfers executed, but also internal processes of helplessness and guilt for having allowed themselves to be deceived in this way.
Having learned of these events, the National Police of Lleida opened an investigation to determine the existence or not of a criminal group and verify the form and territorial scope of the action.
The existence of the criminal group dedicated to “love” scams has been confirmed, one of the main leaders of which is a Spanish citizen who lived in Andorra, so that she could be located by the Spanish foreign services in that country. A few days later, on Friday November 15, and already on Spanish territory, his arrest took place.
THE economic transfers that he had obtained thanks to this deception mechanism would reach an amount greater than 20,000 euros and would initially determine the existence of at least two victims, even if the investigation remains open.
The National Police emphasizes that there must be no feeling of guilt or shame when reporting, since the perpetrators take advantage of this circumstance to commit crimes with impunity.
