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A warning for Alicante Marina

Posted: Wed Mar 1, 2023 11:02am
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Sue05

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My husband and I were walking around Alicante Marina yesterday afternoon around 4pm when we thought we’d been treated to seagull poo! However it was two well dressed middle aged Spanish speaking people who appeared to be a couple who had sprayed us with something that appeared to be bird poo. They were so kind and helpful giving us water and tissues to remove it and helping us wipe it off our backs and hair. The woman even asked where we were from. After they had gone I realised they had taken all the cash from my purse( in my backpack) and on the coach back to our apartment my husband realised they had taken all the cash from his wallet, which was in the FRONT pocket of his jeans. It will take some time to get over this and having looked on Google this is a known ‘thing’ happening also on Costa del Sol, known as ‘Bird poo pick-pocketing’ and they are targeting senior citizens.

I wanted to make people aware and hope this doesn’t happen to you. We didn’t have time to go to the Police Station as we had to get our coach. However we did go into our local Police station to inform them. 

elinspain

Posted: Wed Mar 1, 2023 11:08am

elinspain

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Posted: Wed Mar 1, 2023 11:08am

Hello Sue

Thanks for taking the time to post this and alert others. It does act as a wake up call & other people benefit from your misfortune.

Sorry you had to experience this & hopefully you will feel stronger about things very soon, take some consolation from the fact that you didnt get injured during this incident.

Cheers

Elinspain

John123456

Posted: Wed Mar 1, 2023 11:15am

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Posted: Wed Mar 1, 2023 11:15am

Unfortunately this is not something new and has been reported in some local.papers and national press. Another one to watch out for are the 'huggers'. These guys approach their victims late at night in quiet streets put their arms around your neck and pretent to dance with you while, at the same time, riffle your pockets. These guys are notorious in Benidorm. When out late at night I only carry photocopies of ID documents and just enough cash to see me through.

Gladys82

Posted: Thu Mar 2, 2023 2:11pm

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Posted: Thu Mar 2, 2023 2:11pm

Thanks for that update. We're off to Alicante in a couple of weeks. Last time we were there (admittedly 10 years ago)we saw someone (again at the marina) steal someone's camera kit and escape down the underground car park!  He was so quick! 

Kimmy11

Posted: Thu Mar 2, 2023 6:54pm

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Posted: Thu Mar 2, 2023 6:54pm

Hi Sue,

I'm very sorry to hear of your misfortune and appreciate you taking the time to alert others at such an upsetting time for you, many thanks.

Take care,

Kim

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