Shop keepers nabbed for credit-card theft

[Canarian Weekly]

NATIONAL Police have arrested 31 people, believed to have swindled 1.5 million euros from thousands tourists in Las Americas and Costa Adeje. The majority of those held were of Indian nationality, from 15 commercial premises, who attracted tourists with below-market prices, then charged their bank cards several times on illegal credit-card machines. Unfortunately, many tourists […]

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[Ecky Thump]

This is another reason why people should not purchase expensive (or any) items from the multitude of bazar style shops in both Los Cristianos and Las Americas, unfortunetly some of these shops appear to be genuine authorised dealers of cameras and sunglasses.

[blondie]

Thank god for that , it has taken long enough to get to grips with it . What a name Tenerife has had over the years with these crooks .
I once told one if them I would not buy a box of matches from them , he said to me that one would be along in a minute and that
is all he needed , one tourist a day . What a @@@@@@@ !!!

[warbey]

..
Which goes to prove warnings Years ago were correct, especially along the prom and eugenio.

sadly there are a few good shops, but the difficulty is knowing WHICH.