Vacation album in Greece: fraud stitches uncovered!

Vacation album in Greece: fraud stitches uncovered!

on summer vacation in Greece, the dream can quickly become a nightmare, as Kristina's experience shows. During her stay in Nea Vrasni, she was the victim of a supposed attempt at fraud. An unknown woman spoke to her in a parking space and pointed out a dark, slimy liquid under her car. At first glance, this liquid looked threatening and let Kristina assume that there was a serious leak. In fact, she had only had her car checked in the service the day before and was sure that everything was fine. On closer inspection, she found that the liquid was obviously buried from the outside, which confirmed her concerns that it could have come into a tourist trap. Kristina also noticed the proximity of a car workshop to the parking lot, which also seemed suspicious to her. Despite the request of a workshop employee not to move her vehicle and have it checked immediately, she trusted her gut feeling and decided not to listen to him. She returned home safely, her car was intact and the incident caused a lot of sensation on social networks, where she warned other travelers, especially women, to be vigilant when they are alone.

How fraudsters act on vacation

The methods of fraudsters on vacation are varied and often well thought out. They often use emergency situations to outsmart unsuspecting travelers. Often a car is left unattended during a break, only to suffer an alleged tire breakdown shortly afterwards. Fraudsters stop to help, but rob the vehicle and leave the vacationers behind without cash and with stabbed tires. Another stitch provides that according to the honking vehicles, the driver's attention is distracted, while an accomplice steals money and valuables in the background. The ÖAMTC warns of such tricks and offers useful behaviors how to check the vehicle for manipulations or that is forced to stop if you are forced to stop

In addition, there are numerous other fraud stitches that tourists should be warned of. These include, for example, false flower sellers, fraudulent taxi drivers, overpriced souvenir shops and currency exchange with unfair exchange courses. Overpriced services and inferior dishes in restaurants are the order of the day, especially in tourist areas that are heavily frequented. According to [Reisereporter] (https://www.reisereporter.de/tippsund-tricks/icherheit/betrug-im-urlaub--faehrlichtlicht- and-wie-man-sie-meiß-rqhszl75qfeelc5bgwxxjs5TML), it is important to find out about this fraud and regularly about the To inquire about the respective country.

Caution is better than forbearance

It is advisable to be particularly vigilant when traveling and to quickly recognize any dangerous situations. Kristina's experience shows how important intuition and caution are. She recommends that to pay attention to other women, especially such tricks in order to avoid similarly uncomfortable experiences. It is also advisable to talk about fraud cases in travel groups in order to also warn other travelers of the fallow of the fraudsters.