For people of 60 and over, the idea of online purchasing, person-to-person, doesn't exactly make you feel confident that it will arrive in the post. After all, you have never met the person in your life in most cases.

Well, if you do feel that way you can also feel a little justified after reading the following: the Guardia Civil are investigating a 38-year-old woman in Loja area for reportedly swindling a man in Germany by receiving the agreed amount but not sending on the purchased item.

The Granada based, Sección de Cooperación Internacional, ordered the Guardia Civil to take a statement from the woman after receiving a request from the Public Prosecutor in Landshut in Niederbayern (lower Bavaria) Germany.

The German citizen purchased a camera lens in October 2020 and accordingly transferred the 681 euros to the Spanish woman’s account. After waiting more than can be expected under such circumstances for the package to arrive, he decided to report the situation to the police.

The Guardia Civil located the woman and took her in, accompanied by her lawyer, to make a statement for alleged fraud,

(News: Loja, Poniente de Granada, Andalucia)