He went into a butcher shop to buy and after choosing a large order he prepared to pay: $80,000, the ticket.
She took out his cell phone and pretended to pay with a virtual wallet: it was fake and the payment was never credited.
The merchant was scammed.
A week later, the same individual
wanted to repeat the maneuver
, but this time the merchant identified him: he ran him away and, with the help of some neighbors,
lynched him
.
The scammer was arrested.
It happened in the Buenos Aires town of Grand Bourg, in the Malvinas Argentinas district.
More precisely in the butcher shop located on Beaucheff and Cura Brochero streets.
And although what happened inside the premises is not seen, the security cameras in the area captured the moment in which
they ran to the criminal, caught him and beat him
.
The ambulance and the Police did the rest.
"When he comes back, I don't realize it was the same one. He had a hat that covered part of his face. But when he starts asking for merchandise I
recognize his voice
. He was the one who had scammed me the week before," Enrique said. the butcher.
Grand Bourg: Enrique, the butcher who was scammed and then was able to find the criminal.
Photo: TN Capture
In a conversation with TN, the merchant said that when he recognized him, he confronted him: "You're the one who screwed me the other day, I told him. And he denied it: no, no, you're confused, he told me."
And he added: "At one point the argument ended and he started running, and I was behind him. I managed to stop him in the corner and there he took out a screwdriver and wanted to attack me with it. There, some neighbors came together, more people who were at the stop, and we hit him," Enrique admitted.
The scammer, who wanted to do the trick twice in the same place, was taken to the hospital and, after receiving medical attention, he was detained.