Argentinean scammers in Rio de Janeiro: "When we arrived, the place did not exist"

There were 12 friends aged 25 to 35 from Córdoba, who had planned a five-day trip to Brazil's traditional carnivals, but ended up being scammed by the person they had contacted. to rent an apartment.

Gabriel Batalla (25) was in charge of starting to look for accommodation. Through relationships, he came to Diego Machado, a Brazilian, owner of Patagonia Rio Hostel, who also had several apartments for rent. He was the man who ended up deceiving them.

Machado sent him photos with many options. He told her that it was hard to find space for 12 people because everyone wanted to go to the Rio Carnival, but they finally found a place. The Brazilian, who has always introduced himself as an intermediary, then demanded that he transmit a sign to the owner of the place to make the reservation.

The Cordouanese agreed and it was Batalla same, he told Infobae, who, after agreeing with his traveling companions, had converted the total sum of 54,499 , 50 pesos on an account in the name of Antonio Carlos Gomes of Castro Junior, the alleged owner of the department.

A few weeks ago, Cordova again contacted Machado to ask her the address of the place. Even though it took a few days to give it to him, he finally sent it. The day of his arrival, the Brazilian announced that he would be waiting for them in the apartment.

They maintained the communication until the day of their arrival on March 6, but when the 12 friends went to the place in question, they found that the location of the house was the same. building was to be a hotel.

"When we arrived, the place did not exist," explained Gabriel, who then started sending messages to Machado, who had already blocked her from WhatsApp and all the social networks . "I did not attend all my friends, even a few concierges showed their solidarity and tried to call him, but the skinny man did not show up anywhere", has he added.

"At first, we had considered filing a complaint, but we were a bit scared because we were in Rio, we did not know who this guy was and who had my data, my Instagram, my mobile phone, so we decided to Avoid a bad time, "said Gabriel. at Infobae.

Source: Infobae

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