Fake refugees threatening passers-by on street

The police warns against forms of aggressive begging. The past period the police received several reports from Amsterdam, but also from other locations.

The ' beggars ' give themselves out for Syrian refugees, but originate from Europe. They give to people on the street a note in the English language that they have fled and money to be able to educate their children want to have.

PERSISTENT As we go, the scammers threaten and try them on all kinds of other ways money. The police have been here a number of times against occurred, but the nepvluchtelingen are persistent.

The police asks therefore to people especially to make reference to this form of begging. "Try taking a good definition of the beggars and the operations that they do," said a spokesman.

Source: http://www.metronieuws.nl/by Tjerk de Vries Photo REUTERS