Robbed !!!!!

[GiGi]

Hi Everybody,

Just thought we would let you all know we have been Robbed today and feel like complete idiots!!! We left Nerja this morning to drive to Camping Villasol in Benidorm for a few days . The weather was beautiful and the drive through Almeria was lovely . We stopped to get Petrol near Marazzon at service area 553 on the E15 autovia Mediterraneao at Totana . I was still writing the fuel details in our log , when a car pulled in very quickly in front of our vehicle and the driver and his lady passenger who appeared very upset and in a panic came to my window, passenger side I was still in my seat, and they started asking which way to Cartagena and saying “Sat Nav” Sat Nav” he had a large sized very screwed up map of Spain in his hands I opened my sliding window a little and he pushed further back whilst pushing the map into the cab towards me . I then pushed map out again and they jumped in the car and drove off at speed. I didn’t even realise he had taken my handbag !!! It contained the usual things ladies carry, lipsticks , mask, tissues, Pills , eyedrops and my lovely purse. It contained my bank card , 2 credit cards and €45 euros, All cancelled . I had my handbag in exactly the place most women keep their handbag at their feet !! My husband was out of his seat putting the kettle on and the habitation door was locked , We weren’t in any danger but it was very upsetting.
Watch out for these bandits and don’t get caught

 

[DumfriesDik]

Nightmare. Total scum.
Horrible experience for you.
I hope things get better for you and you can continue to enjoy your trip.

 

[Phill D]

thank you for the heads up. i hope it does not unsettle the rest of your travels too much. take care. and thanks again for the warning.

 

[pappajohn]

Not doubting you for a minute but how did they reach your bag off the floor through the door window and without you noticing.
It's a possibility you inadvertantly left it at Nerga...maybe at reception or in a toilet in haste to get going.

 

[David and Sally]

Sorry for you. Scumbags.

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[Catpirate]

Not doubting you for a minute but how did they reach your bag off the floor through the door window and without you noticing.
It's a possibility you inadvertantly left it at Nerga...maybe at reception or in a toilet in haste to get going.

You are doubting her................

 

[Badknee]

Not doubting you for a minute but how did they reach your bag off the floor through the door window and without you noticing.
It's a possibility you inadvertantly left it at Nerga...maybe at reception or in a toilet in haste to get going.

I think you are doubting her too.

 

[GiGi]

Not doubting you for a minute but how dthey reach your bag off the floor through the door window and without you noticing.
It's a possibility you inadvertantly left it at Nerga...maybe at reception or in a toilet in haste to get going.

No pappajohn I had it in Motorhome after filling up pumps . He pushed this very large crumpled map of Spain at me and the women was shouting “how far”, “how far “ he obviously put his other behind the Map and in to the cab and grabbed my bag under cover of the map he was pushing in my face . Sorry but he took my bag

 

[dryad]

what a nasty experience, try not to let it upset your trip away too much,..

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[Ralph-n-Bev]

what a nasty experience, try not to let it upset your trip away too much,..

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Yes that’s what I thought too.
At least you were able to stop your cards. I hope you can get some duplicate medication.
They’ll get their karma.

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[pappajohn]

You are doubting her................

I think you are doubting her too.

Just looking at other possibilities

 

[Tombola]

These theives are skilled contortionists. TO reach in and down in seconds through an A class window take some doing as most are shoulder height anyway. Possible stood on your tyre, .....You should have rattled him in the side of the head as he leant right in your van, easier said than done I know.

the garage will have cctv

 

[Ivory55]

They do it for a living, that’s why they are good at it

 

[Outdoors Dad]

Were the thieves Spanish or British?

 

[Badknee]

Just looking at other possibilities

Doubting her.

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[Badknee]

They do it for a living, that’s why they are good at it

There was a Romanian gang jailed for similar mo a few years ago, maybe their back?

 

[Drum Major]

We had something similar happen to us down in Roses
Two people tried to distract us lucky we realised what they were up too
Hope are not to upset with it all .

 

[lorger]

Sorry did this happen while you where still on the petrol station forecourt?

 

[GiGi]

Were the thieves Spanish or British?

Spanish

 

[jessthedog]

Sorry to hear that, Thats terrible. don't let it spoil your holiday!
It would of taken Conan the Barbarian to lift my wifes hand bag out the motorhome, its like picking up a bag of granite!

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[gus-lopez]

sorry to hear that.

 

[ivorantony]

We had our Motorhome broken into near Almera in march, went for a walk and came back to a smashed window and a completely ran sacked interior, stolen computers/ cameras and headsets, reported to the police who said they normally get two or three a week in that area,
we cut short our holiday short by two months because the wife was so upset, still waiting on a replacement window, likely to be another 8 weeks,

 

[Catpirate]

We had our Motorhome broken into near Almera in march, went for a walk and came back to a smashed window and a completely ran sacked interior, stolen computers/ cameras and headsets, reported to the police who said they normally get two or three a week in that area,
we cut short our holiday short by two months because the wife was so upset, still waiting on a replacement window, likely to be another 8 weeks,

Sorry to hear that. Does take the edge off your holiday. We're you on a site?

 

[BillyKontiki]

It is so easy to be caught off guard especially by scum that make a living out of it
It is only natural you feel frustrated that you let it happen to you but you have cancelled your cards and your not physically harmed.
So give yourselves a shake and enjoy the rest of your holiday.

 

[dazandandrea]

Sorry to hear about that, even more sorry someone has to doubt what youve reported.
I dont supose you have a forward facing camera that picked up their faces or car etc .
If so might be worth posting on Youtube .
( not sure if it would be any good for the local plod)
Hope it doesnt spoil your trip too much.

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[pampam]

We was in lemon tree market yesterday and hubby asked if i was trying to get in his manbag? (Hes new to the concept if a manbag) i said no and to wear it at front when in busy places,i would put bag away in future, but hopefully it will never happen again

 

[CazPaul]

Such a distressing experience, love to you both. Absolute toerags who are experts at this sort of thing, you have to be so careful these days.
If they tried again don’t open the window.

 

[Lenny HB]

We was in lemon tree market yesterday and hubby asked if i was trying to get in his manbag? (Hes new to the concept if a manbag) i said no and to wear it at front when in busy places,i would put bag away in future, but hopefully it will never happen again

I'm a recent convert to man bags, wallet is in a zipped pouch under a flap and always keep the flap to my body. In crowded places always keep a hand on it.

 

[Wack]

No pappajohn I had it in Motorhome after filling up pumps . He pushed this very large crumpled map of Spain at me and the women was shouting “how far”, “how far “ he obviously put his other behind the Map and in to the cab and grabbed my bag under cover of the map he was pushing in my face . Sorry but he took my bag

It's a common trick , they target people with digital SLR cameras in tourist cities , while they use a map as cover they remove the lens , by the time you realise they're long gone.

 

[Monty don]

They tried the old map trick on us in Spain service area
Came to the door
I told him to do one or something like that and he left
He was a bit shocked

He was saying he was lost

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