A 17-year-old boy has tried to defraud a woman in Rijsbergen by posing as a package deliverer. The police caught the boy in the act and arrested him after a short chase. The scammer comes from Amsterdam and is stuck.
A woman from Rijsbergen turned himself in to the police on Friday. She said she was called several times by a GGD employee, who said that an emergency kit could be delivered for vulnerable people. If the woman wanted such a package, all she had to do was pay with her debit card to the package delivery person.
After the woman agreed to the delivery of such a package, she did not trust it completely. She called the GGD and was told that such packages are not delivered by the GGD at all. Then the woman called the police.
Boy is on the run
A local police officer immediately came to the woman’s house to wait for the scammer. “After consuming a number of delicious cups of coffee and the accompanying snacks, the doorbell suddenly rang,” the police officer writes. The 17-year-old boy posing as a package deliverer was standing on the doorstep.
When the police officer showed up, the con man fled. This was followed by a short chase. The boy was eventually arrested with the help of two other officers. He is still in custody and will be arraigned Monday.
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