The scam against Pope Francis that the Pontiff prefers not to remember

The author of the scam Pope Francisco He is a Spaniard specialized in frauds of all kinds. That character was featured in the Vatican for a matter related to the banking of that State, but his intention was very different from what everyone thought.

According to what he tells us Juan Jose Revengawriter, explorer and adventurer, knows very closely the individual who was present in Rome when they were told that the Pope was going to receive them: “The bird had no other idea than to buy a copy of the skullcap in a souvenir shop, the cap that the Holy Pontiff wears on his head. When he was in front of the Pope, he begged him to change his skullcap for the one he was wearing. And, to everyone’s astonishment, the change was made. In theory, the cheeky intention Spanish was to keep that great memory for himself, but the reality was that the rascal had sold it to a Mexican tycoon for $ 40,000. And the story does not end there, because the scammer also deceived the Mexican, who was sold a fake skullcap and he kept the Pope’s, and he has it well kept in a showcase in his house. What’s more, he boasts of it on his social networks.”

The Pope did not find out about the fraud until later, when someone close to him was made aware of such an unusual situation. And the head of the Catholic Church took it as a joke, but he prefers not to remember that grotesque episode. Of course, he is very careful to give away or change his skullcap, to prevent some other rogue from teasing him.

On another occasion, in February of this 2023, the Pontiff found out that there were scammers who charged tourists to attend the massive audiences in Saint Peter’s Square, and he publicly recriminated that scam: “Here you are not paying because this It’s everyone’s house,” he warned. Word of the Pope