'I live in Benidorm – tourists need to watch out for key problem when visiting'
dailyrecord.co.ukA man living in Benidorm warned anyone visiting to be cautious.Frank, who runs a stag and hen do company in the British holiday hotspot, shared a common scam that's recently been causing chaos.
If you fall victim to it, it could end up totally ruining your trip.In a TikTok video, he warned "this is really happening" and advised holidaymakers to be "very, very careful".
He then went on to explain how tourists are being targeted by phone thieves.He said: "Generally, what happens is, someone comes upto you and they'll say to you 'oh, I'm with some friends, and I'm lost, and I don't know where I'm going.
Can you do a Google Map search for me?' "What you do, because you're a nice person, is you whip your phone out, you get your Google Maps up, and as soon as you get your Google Maps up, they grab the phone and run off with it." Warning: Below video may contain offensive language By getting tourists to unlock their phones, the thieves can "help themselves" to personal data found on apps.
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