Hi all,whilst sat having a fag at around 7.30am on our balcony in LA marina phase 1,I was approached by a tall,gangly,maybe early 50s man(German or dutch) telling me about how he had been burgled the night b4 whilst out with wife/kids and after spending 5 hrs at the police station,an emergency locksmith came to change locks,but bcus he didn't have the full 500 euros needed had then locked him out....he basically wanted a bit of help from a friendly neighbour to help find the missing 50 euros he needed.....my Mrs came out at this point and said she had read this a few times on the gossip Facebook page,at which point he scarpered rapido......SO Be WARNED ITS A SCAM IF THIS SCUMBAG TRIES THE BOLONEY WITH YOU....phil
Posted: Thu Jun 22, 2017 3:47pm
Tried the same with us Fri 16 June at 8pm approx said neighbour had lent him 10 euros and when husband went to check like the wind. Sounds like same man. We are near Internatioal store.
Philgara1967 wrote on Thu Jun 22, 2017 8:30am:
Hi all,whilst sat having a fag at around 7.30am on our balcony in LA marina phase 1,I was approached by a tall,gangly,maybe early 50s man(German or dutch) telling me about how he had been burgled the night b4 whilst out with wife/kids and after spending 5 hrs at the police station,an emergency lo...
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...cksmith came to change locks,but bcus he didn't have the full 500 euros needed had then locked him out....he basically wanted a bit of help from a friendly neighbour to help find the missing 50 euros he needed.....my Mrs came out at this point and said she had read this a few times on the gossip Facebook page,at which point he scarpered rapido......SO Be WARNED ITS A SCAM IF THIS SCUMBAG TRIES THE BOLONEY WITH YOU....phil
'Peter' visited us at our holiday villa in La Marina on July 28th. We had exactly the same burglary/locksmith story and he asked us to lend him €30 and take him to Elche to pay the locksmith, when he would then give us back our money. Initially feeling sorry for him & not wanting to be untrusting we gave him a drink of water (as he'd apparently just cycled to Elche & back in afternoon sun!) then took him to Elche. On arriving in a busy area he suggested I gave him the money as there was nowhere to park. I refused & said I'd give it to the locksmith. He left the car to sort the payment out but after 30mins surprisingly hadn't returned! I read this post the next day & realised I was lucky I only wasted my time & a bit of petrol! My daughter has got a photo of him but we're not sure if we can post it?
Posted: Thu Aug 3, 2017 12:32am
Omg what a crook...
Had the same guy last summer.
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Paul1969 wrote on Thu Aug 3, 2017 9:43pm:
As requested, here's a photo of 'Peter' the Dutch/German man.
Good Photo....that's the guy that came round last summer.
Thank you for your info. I will keep an eye out for now on. We have had many people come to our door including Johova Witnesses.
Paul1969 wrote on Thu Aug 3, 2017 9:43pm:
As requested, here's a photo of 'Peter' the Dutch/German man.
Many thanks for the info and photo will tell everyone I know 👍
I hope I don't see him about. I would happily give him a lift somewhere!
Low life 👊
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