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Heartless scammer cons dog owners by charging for fake information about ‘stolen’ pets in Spain

A MURCIA region fraudster conned lost dog owners into believing he could find the pets and even mocked them after they transferred him money. The...

Infamous British conman Mark Acklom freed from prison in Spain’s Murcia

A NOTORIOUS British fraudster who tricked a former girlfriend out of her £800,000 life savings has been freed from Murcia Penitentiary near Cartagena. Mark Acklom...

Online scammer sells non-existent cut price cars to people around Spain

A 32-YEAR-OLD scammer conned people out of €82,400 by selling them cut price cars they never received. The Guardia Civil arrested the Columbian man after...

Leader of giant international crypto scam who scammed ‘many’ Brits and other northern Europeans’ arrested in Palma, Mallorca

A FRAUDSTER has been arrested in Palma de Mallorca accused of the misappropriation of over €100 million through a crypto scam.  The Spaniard, 60, is...

Notorious Spanish fraudster ‘Little Nicolas’ collects fourth jail sentence

A NOTORIOUS Spanish fraudster known as ‘Little Nicolas’, due to the tender age at which his deceptions began, has been given his fourth jail...

‘Get rich quick’ sports betting scammer wanted by 16 courts in Spain is caught in Murcia

A fraudster offering to quickly double investments via sports betting has been arrested while withdrawing cash from a Murcia City ATM. The man scammed a...

Man arrested 15 times for not paying restaurant bills is jailed on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A 50-year-old Latvian man is enjoying the culinary delights of Fontcalent prison after notching up 15 arrests for not paying his restaurant bills. The diner...

Scammer pretends to be professional footballer to con new girlfriend out of cash in Spain’s Valencia

A man who pretended to be a professional footballer to con his new girlfriend out of money has been given a two-year-jail term by...

Wanted Polish man arrested at Costa Blanca airport in Spain after jetting in from Ireland

A Polish fugitive who had a European Arrest Warrant issued against him two years ago, has been caught at Alicante-Elche airport. The man, 37, flew...

Woman swindled out of €20,000 in online romance scam by bogus doctor in Spain’s Murcia region

A conman swindled €20,000 out of a woman looking for love as he pretended to be a 'prestigious' South American doctor. The 34-year-old Nigerian trickster...

German fraudster fugitive who swindled €300K arrested in Spain’s Mallorca

A FUGITIVE German fraudster has been arrested in Mallorca where he had been hiding out for some 18 months.  The 60-year-old, whose name has not...

Woman loses €44,000 after man uses her phone to steal personal banking details on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A man tricked a woman out of €44,000 after arranging to meet her at the Finestrat Shopping Centre on the Costa Blanca. The fraudster, 20,...

Fugitive fraudster is arrested in arrivals area of Costa Blanca airport in Spain

AN Estonian man accused of a €150,000 fraud has been arrested after landing at Alicante-Elche airport. He had flown in from Kaunas in Lithuania. The man,...

Grapes of wrath for Costa Blanca vineyard owner in Spain who was not paid for UK export deal

A Catalan businessman has been arrested for scamming an Alicante Province farmer out of 45 tons of grapes that ended up in Manchester. The farmer...

Costa Blanca fraudster arrested for online hate messages against Spain’s Guardia Civil

A con man is behind bars for a 2010 fraud after allegedly using over 4,300 social media profiles to spread hate messages against the...

Britain’s most notorious conman Mark Acklom heading back to prison in Spain after early release from UK jail

SERIAL fraudster Mark Acklom has agreed to be extradited to Spain when he is released early from a UK prison later this month. Acklom who...

Belgian fugitive who sold a fake luxury watch for over €16,000 is caught on the Costa Blanca in Spain

A Belgian con-artist has been caught by the Policia Nacional on the Costa Blanca after running away from a ten-year jail term. Officers arrested the...

British expat drives 100 miles to retrieve his car after Olive Press reader spots alleged thief on Spain’s Costa...

A BRITISH expat who reported his car stolen by a transport company called Mission Impossible has his car back after the alleged thief was...

Expat fraudster arrested after being caught on the run on Spain’s Costa Blanca

POLICIA Nacional have arrested a 67-year-old fugitive in Torrevieja. The suspect had been on the run after being sentenced to 10 months in prison for...

‘Serial fraudster expat’ Paula Neale arrested in Spain following Olive Press expose

SERIAL expat fraudster Paula Neale who was first exposed by the Olive Press has finally been arrested in Spain. It comes after dozens of...

Britain’s ‘most wanted’ arrested in South Africa

Drug trafficker and fraudster Martin Evans bought a luxury mansion in Marbella

Conman Nigel Goldman frolics with an alpaca while on the run

EXCLUSIVE: Pictures emerge of the fraudster living the high life while hiding out in the UK
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The real sharks of the Costa del Sol

Following FSA warnings that thousands of expats in Spain are on the so-called ‘suckers list’, Helen Pierpoint investigates what makes a psychopath or conman

WANTED: Five-star hotel search for Alwyn Funke

Fresh appeal to catch a client, who walked out having failed to pay his 1,500 euro bill

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