Making appointments to buy and sell cars on Facebook can be a trap. A man had agreed on social networks to buy a car, the appointment was in Tezozomoc, in Iztapalapa, but it was a trap, when he arrived there was no car for sale.
The alleged sellers produced a firearm to rob him.
Three of them escape. Two get into a white car and the third runs on…
The suspicious car is monitored by C2 Sur cameras, on the way two of the accomplices get out and after a chase the driver is arrested by elements of the Secretariat for Citizen Security.
So far this year, 84 people have been arrested for thefts in simulations of buying or selling vehicles…
Most of these appointments took place via social networks such as Facebook.
“The modality is: they call you to a place that obviously does not correspond to your real address and once these people arrive, they accept the luxury, knowing that they have the money in their hands to take advantage of this only opportunity of violence and take away their property. Money”. Edmundo Silva, cyber police officer
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Mexico City's Citizens Council for Security and Justice warns that these robberies have increased and criminals are sending their victims to lonely and unguarded places.
“This thing called vehicle sales fraud, we have 441 reports from 2021 to date and the municipalities with the most reporting of these reports are Milpa Alta, Cuajimalpa, Miguel Hidalgo, Venustiano Carranza, Álvaro Obregón and Tlalpan.” Salvador Guerrero Chiprés, President of the Citizens' Council
Two basic tips to avoid these thefts are: be wary of cars sold at an excessively low price and conduct transactions near police stations.