SAN RAMON — A forty five-year-old New York resident was arrested on suspicion of coming to the East Bay to tug off a weird rip-off whereby the sufferer permits the trickster to take away costly jewellery from their neck.
The person was arrested after allegedly pulling off the rip-off in San Leandro, the place police pulled him over after the sufferer reported the incident. Additionally they traced him to incidents in San Ramon, and a cohort.
San Ramon police warned of quite a few incidents involving the so-called jewellery swap rip-off, which requires the perpetrators to trick the victims into taking off their jewellery with out realizing what’s happening. In what typical incident final Halloween, a person was approached by two scammers who requested him for cash.
When he gave them a pair {dollars}, they chatted extra and requested him if he’d be keen to purchase certainly one of their necklaces. They even locations it round his neck to indicate him how good he seemed in it, however when he declined, they eliminated his actual necklace as a substitute, for a lack of an estimated $4,000, authorities mentioned.
When police raided an Oakland resort room related to the suspects, they discovered 26 items of costume jewellery, a dozen items of actual jewellery, and proof the scammers have been swapping rental vehicles to keep away from detection, authorities mentioned.
Regardless of the arrest, no prices have been filed but towards both suspect, court docket information present.
