"They also called me

from the number of the child with leukemia

, everything was very strange," confesses Eva, owner of Älva for kids, a children's clothing store in the center of Madrid. She, like many other owners, has received a call in recent weeks from "a certain Laura" who admits to being a "loyal customer" of her establishment. She seeks to empathize on the fast track, and before they know it, she is

"asking for money"

for a supposed respirator or filters to improve the life of her son with cancer.

Something that Eva knew how to detect in time. "He insisted that we knew each other, that his son was called Unai and he had leukemia, but I did not fall ... He asked me if I could help him but, after leaving confinement, I have no money. Still, I offered to give a voice and publicize her son's case through my networks. She

was caught there

... ", recalls the owner of Älva for kids, who adds:"

She even told me that if I did not trust her

... I wasn't going to give him money, and without saying goodbye, he hung up on me. "

Bewildered by such an unusual call, Eva decided to pull the string.

He put the phone in from where he had been called on Google and ... surprise.

Many other business owners

had already reported the same number online

claiming an alleged "scam."

"You must go as by types of stores. There was a time when I called veterinarians, later hairdressers ...", suspects this businesswoman, who just discovered the trick she wrote by the WhatsApp group that the merchants of Vive Malasaña have to

warn them of the ruse

.

"It takes advantage of goodwill"

Some businesses in Valdemoro, south of the capital, experienced something similar. The alarm was raised by another owner who, after

filing the complaint with the Civil Guard

, began to notify everyone. "It takes advantage of the good will of the people. Luckily the word has spread quickly and

those calls have not been repeated

," Jesus, president of the Valdemoro Consumers Association, told this newspaper.

From the Twitter account of this entity they also warned their relatives by emphasizing Laura's methodology. "He

mentions contacts in your store whose names he takes from social networks

. He looked at people who had, for example,

liked

a publication on Twitter or Facebook of said business, thereby guaranteeing that link," adds Jesús.

This newspaper has called the phone of the thymus course and indeed answer a Laura that terse words, he

claims

to have nothing to do

with any matter this. "That is from this number has nothing to do

I have no idea "

.

But this number accumulates

dozens of comments

on the webpage

numbersdetelefono.com

accusing her of a "scammer"

and asking the rest for caution for all that has already been told.

Some reviews of Laura's phone.

"

It's all a lie, he

says he is waiting for a transplant, be very careful", "He has been my client and tries to get you to give him a Bizum" or "we have returned his call and

we have told him off ... Shameful

", are some of the testimonials that can be read on this website.

Others, like Isabel's, confessed to having made him an income of 40 euros.

"How sad,

how can they play with something like that,

" added Loli.

According to these owners, Laura asks for between 40 and 80 euros and insists that they be sent to her by Bizum.

This is no accident.

In this way,

the money delivered by the unwary will never be returnable

, in addition to the difficulty of identifying the person to whom this amount is being sent.

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