Nothing new, but continuing to do the rounds…
Summer is a great time to be in the P-O but it does also seem to bring out ill-intentioned people trying to ‘arnaquer’ (take advantage of) others.
Learn this useful vocab to tell the scammers to get lost – with varied degrees of politeness!
We are very lucky here in the P-O to be able to pop over into Spain at the drop of a hat. However, it’s never a bad idea to re-read some of the letters and comments sent in from our readers and take a few precautions before heading south..
Neither are anything new, but these are 2 scams which have come to our attention recently.
Watch out for fake parking tickets on windscreens
Not new, but just a reminder that your bank will NEVER ask you to click on a link in this way.
I-CAD, the agency in charge of the National Identification File for domestic pets in France, is warning about a scam, aimed to defraud pet owners who have lost their pets.
Bogus police have been calling on people in the Perpignan area, and surrounding villages, preying particularly on the elderly….
P-O Life readers share their experiences of crime in Barcelona and share some tips on how to stay safe