A stop at the Autogrill is one of the most pleasant moments of a long journey on the motorway. But it’s always good to keep an eye out and be on guard. The reason? The presence of some bad guys who could make you go through not exactly pleasant moments. How does the so-called ‘Autogrill gang’ work? Here’s everything you need to know so you don’t risk anything.
Everyone will have happened to stop at least once in Autogrill on every several-hour trip on the highway. An essential stop to ‘break’ the monotony of the journey and refresh yourself after a long time sitting in the car. But what’s the risk of underestimating a problem while parked? Here’s everything you need to know to NEVER be caught unprepared.
In the Autogrill you can have lunch, dinner, have a coffee at the counter, browse the shelves looking for a product that cannot be found elsewhere, go to the bathroom and much more. A place to rest and – as mentioned – to get away from the wheel for a few minutes. But you always have to watch out for one move you should never make.
We don’t want to scare you, but it’s good that you know that for some time now, a veritable gang of criminals has been operating outside some Autogrills located on our country’s motorway network, able to act with a well-tested strategy to make you spend not so pleasant minutes. What are we referring to? Here are all the details on this story and what you must NEVER underestimate.
The ‘Autogrill gang’: this is how they act to put their criminal plan into practice
Scams are, unfortunately, the order of the day. There are more and more thieves and ill-intentioned people who get rich off the backs of decent people. But the he cons that we mention today has a different flavor from the others, precisely because of its particularity and a specific plan well tested by the ‘Autogrill gang’. Here’s how they work and how to defend yourself.
This gang acts the exact moment the driver and passengers of a vehicle enter the Autogrill after leaving the car at the parking lot. They waste no time for puncture one or more wheels of the car. Once people get back in the car and notice the problem with the tyres, the thieves come to meet them with the fake move of coming to the rescue of the unfortunate people.
Thieves never act alone, but always in groups of at least three or four people, in such a way as to be able to ‘differentiate’ their moves at the same time. So some of them make the move to help the driver of the vehicle to understand what the problem is with the wheels, while the others act undisturbed to steal everything inside the car.
The advice we give is always to decline the help of these mysterious generous people outside the Autogrill. The risk of running into an unpleasant scam, in fact, is just around the corner. In addition to the insult of suffering the damage to the tires, you could also receive a robbery.
Another piece of advice we can give is to always make sure of the presence of cameras and to park the car so that it can be framed. We close by saying how these gangs of criminals do not act only outside the Autogrills, but even in the parking lots of supermarkets or large shopping centres. In fact, similar incidents have already been reported. So always be on your guard.
