A BRITISH expat has sounded the alarm after falling prey to a ‘traditional’ rip-off on the Costa del Sol.
Gomer Evans, from Wales, and his German spouse Hilke (pictured collectively above), have been having fun with a Sunday stroll within the La Duquesa resort final week after they have been focused.
He’s now warning others to ‘remember’ following the upsetting incident.
He informed the Olive Press: “We have been strolling alongside the trail when a person rushed over to us and confirmed us our coats and my spouse’s hair have been completely coated in hen poo!
“It was far an excessive amount of for any hen. He was very useful and took us to the aspect behind a fence and produced plenty of paper tissues.
“He helped us wipe our coats and supplied us water to assist clear my spouse’s hair.”
It wasn’t till a few hours later that Gomer found his bank cards have been gone.
He added: “Two hours later I found my bank cards have been lacking! And he appeared so pleasant!
“I simply seen yestetday he spent 3 x €48 on tobacco. He can be center 50s, quick and stocky… I didn’t know however the Chicken Poo rip-off is well-known throughout Europe, so be warned!”
In November final 12 months, Sue Oswick and her husband have been having fun with a stroll by the river in Fuengirola after they have been unknowingly robbed of their bank cards by the identical rip-off.
They solely realised that they had been focused by the traditional con when the thief tried to make use of their playing cards to do his buying in Mercadona.
Sue defined in an internet submit: “We have been each splattered with what we thought was hen c**p.
“This ‘good’ man, who had simply sat down on the following bench to us, jumped up and supplied to assist us clear ourselves up. He had water and tissues.
“He was serving to to scrub my husband’s shirt and shorts after which mentioned we might preserve the water to complete off. He then left.”
Sue mentioned that simply 20 minutes later she acquired a message from her financial institution.
She added: “I acquired a textual content from Barclaycard fraud saying anyone had been attempting to make use of our bank card in Mercadona.
“When my husband checked his telephone, he seen that two of his bank cards have been lacking.”
Sue mentioned the financial institution informed her somebody was additionally attempting to make use of their playing cards in Benalmadena.
She mentioned: “I believe he might have had an confederate who threw stuff onto us from the ramp behind the place we have been sitting.
“We thought he was a pleasant man for serving to. How flawed we have been, watch out in that park!”
In October final 12 months, a 56-year-old man was arrested for finishing up such scams in Benalmadena.
The grasp thief, who had quite a lot of disguises, would carry biscuits in his fanny pack which he would chew up right into a mush earlier than throwing the combination at his victims.
He would then play the a part of a useful passerby whereas selecting their pockets.
