Be Alert

Hello

This  is  a common scam that has been doing the rounds for years. About 6yrs ago a friend of mine - she's  back in the UK now, fell for this same  story in La Mata - he  even said he had  kids in the car & took her to the street to show her. She fell for the story and gave him €75  & he said he'd be back when he got into his house!! Be aware, if you're in the Los Altos/Balcones area

Cheers

Elinspain

Different scams are booming and will even more as people become jobless and are pushed into poverty. Sad but true. Do not open your door to unknown persons - ANY.

Hi...thanks...my partner even gave him her fleece...a pair of my socks and a pair of my pants plus a pair of joggies.....plus 24 euros and a ride into Torrevieja to 3 different addresses where he jumped out returning a few minutes later...then same at 2and address which was a 24hr mini supermarket...then the 3rd address was a block of flats behind the central salud. After 30 mins wait...several horn blasting for him to appear...we realised and returned home half expecting our place to have been turned over while we were out!  It wasnt. We were very stupid but he was very clever and seemed very genuine standing his 6ft 4inch soaking wet in the torrential rain we were getting at the time I  Torrevieja. After three and a half years we thought we were reasonably streetwise....so wrong there. The guy seemed to have a German accent with excellent english...approximately 6ft 4inch..slim with greying large stubble Roberts...around 42 years old! Whatcha out for him! It seemed a lot of trouble for 24 euros and cant help thinking what else might he have done had I been alone in the car with hi.. always..take..your..partner in this type of situation.  He was ever doing lots of shouting and appealing.. eading using the torrential rain as well to create some chaos and urgency...also saying the locksmith closes in an hour...need to go now etc....I look forward to meeting him one day in a bar!!!!!

Don't berate yourselves, ye were being good samaritans. Well done, don't let it sour you. 

Hello All , I have just had a guy at my door this morning , who fits the same description . I didn’t open the door to him and he was soaked to the skin and with a towel over his head . I thought he was very strange looking and he was shouting something which I couldn’t make out . We have to be alert I think .

Janette

Hi, we got caught out with him in San Luis a couple of weeks ago. Reported him to the Guardia. Not that we'll ever see him again! 

Hi Jane , sorry you had that experience but it’s good that you reported him , I’ll do the same if I see him hanging around again .

Janette

The obvious response is to say "just stay there while I call the Guardia to come and help you out". NEVER get in a car with a stranger in a situation like that.

Thanks...feel real stupid now!