San Ramon police are warning residents about a wave of jewelry-swap thefts. At least a half dozen people have fallen victim to suspects, it starts with a friendly conversation and it ends with thieves swapping the victim’s real gold with fakes. It’s hard to believe that the criminals can actually pull off this type of crime. But it’s happened over and over again. And police say the Indian community appears to be the prime target “We’ve had quite a few of the jewelry swap thefts. They’re very alarming and that they are very targeted to people that are wearing gold jewelry primarily in a certain culture and always the elderly population,” said Capt. Becky Chestnut with the San Ramon Police Department. San Ramon police released surveillance video of one of the thefts, a suspect drives up to the victim who was simply walking through a shopping center parking lot, engages in friendly conversation and even offers a prayer before hugging the victim while swapping out his gold necklace with a fake one. “There’s a lot of different scenarios at all involved this distracting behavior and this befriending of the victim before being able to touch them and take off their jewelry,” Chestnut said. Several of these women say they’ve been approached by the thieves who have attempted to take their necklaces and gold bangles, one woman says she’s so afraid now she’s stopped wearing gold in public Police have been tracking down cars used in the crimes. And have arrested one suspect so far, 44-year-old Dartalian Manuti faces charges of felony grand theft. They are asking anyone who thinks they have been victimized to come forward. Jodi Hernandez has more in the video above.