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Conman on the prowl in LA marina

Posted: Thu Jun 22, 2017 8:30am
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Philgara1967

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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

tomlillian

Posted: Thu Jun 22, 2017 3:47pm

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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.

Paul1969

Posted: Wed Aug 2, 2017 5:59pm

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Posted: Wed Aug 2, 2017 5:59pm

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...

...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? 

Philgara1967

Posted: Thu Aug 3, 2017 12:32am

Philgara1967

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Posted: Thu Aug 3, 2017 12:32am

Omg what a crook...

Bob82

Posted: Thu Aug 3, 2017 10:52am

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Posted: Thu Aug 3, 2017 10:52am

Had the same guy last summer.

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Paul1969

Posted: Thu Aug 3, 2017 9:43pm

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Posted: Thu Aug 3, 2017 9:43pm

As requested, here's a photo of 'Peter' the Dutch/German man.

Bob82

Posted: Thu Aug 3, 2017 11:56pm

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Posted: Thu Aug 3, 2017 11:56pm

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.

Jacob

Posted: Sun Aug 13, 2017 11:54pm

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Posted: Sun Aug 13, 2017 11:54pm

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.

Izzy

Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2018 10:00pm

Izzy

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Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2018 10:00pm

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 👍

GCfromVC

Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2018 7:04am

GCfromVC

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Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2018 7:04am

I hope I don't see him about. I would happily give him a lift somewhere!

Low life 👊

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