Malaga Airport Scam

aabarnes1

Just to warn fellow travellers.

At Malaga airport there is a guy who claims to have lost his passport and had his money stolen. He is a large plump chap in his mid/late 30's,5'11", rather scruffy and speaks with a Scottish accent. He targets Irish and British tourists who are usually heading home. He plies his trade in the long corridor between the carpark that you would use if you were returning a hire vehicle and the terminal, presumably because there are no police or security there. he pushes an airport trolley with 2 or 3 empty battered suitcases on it looking very forlorn and lost.
How do I know he's a chancer??? Well I have been fortunate enough to travel to Malaga several times over the last 2 years and he has been there every time with the same story.

finbarrk

Thanks for the warning.

Frisbee

Yeah, seen the same guy there 2 of my last 3 trips through spread out over a couple of months.

aabarnes1

I'm heading back there on the 11th Sept. so it will be interesting to see if he's there again!

The Raptor

If you lost your passport, why would you be at the airport? You would be out getting another one and you wouldn't get it at the airport.

Can't believe people would actually believe in the story.

aabarnes1

The Raptor wrote: »

If you lost your passport, why would you be at the airport? You would be out getting another one and you wouldn't get it at the airport.

Can't believe people would actually believe in the story.

I'm with you on that Raptor, but clearly some folk do fall for it, otherwise he'd be long gone.

thesandeman

There's another guy dressed in a suit at Malaga bus station who's been waiting for the bus to Cordoba for at least seven years :-)

Kimbot

thesandeman wrote: »

There's another guy dressed in a suit at Malaga bus station who's been waiting for the bus to Cordoba for at least seven years :-)

Its longer than 7 years now so cos I remember him from about 9/10 years ago haha

Mr rebel

I experienced his more refined, English "cousin" the other day on my way through the departures area of Malaga airport and immediately thought of this thread.
He was telling this sob story of how he was waiting for his wife to arrive for the past six hours and he hadn't a scrap of money on him.
Looks like Malaga airport is a real target for this sort of thing.

Fred Swanson

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fdevine

Not just foreign airports that are subject to this. Recently had a similar experience in Airside Retail Park. Beware of chancers everywhere