Houlet
Active Member
- Time of past OR future Camino
- Camino Frances 2014
Via de la Plata 2015
Camino Sanabres 2015
Camino Norde 2017
I would like to warn fellow pilgrims about potential theft or possibly an attempted scam in an albergue in Navarette last week.
In short I shared an eight bed room with another pilgrim who went for a shower before I did in the morning. This man then produced his wallet, which still contained credit cards and accused me of stealing 400 Euros from him. After the initial shock, and then extreme anger, I insisted in calling the police. He then suggested that if I gave him back the money there would be no need for the police. Hmm!
However I did call the police and when they came he suddenly remembered seing another man with dark hair in the room. Hmm!
The Spanish police were very good, neither spoke English, and they even complimented my very bad Spanish
Anyway I'm not sure they believed the other man, they told me that I was never a suspect, and I left without having to visit a Spanish jail. He left with them to make a statement at the police station.
IMHO there are only two possibilities, firstly the other man was a fool, leaving a large sum of money unattended in a rucksack and he was actually robbed, or secondly he was a scammer, hoping to take advantage of someone who did not want the problems of involving the police.
Either way a crime was committed so beware!
In short I shared an eight bed room with another pilgrim who went for a shower before I did in the morning. This man then produced his wallet, which still contained credit cards and accused me of stealing 400 Euros from him. After the initial shock, and then extreme anger, I insisted in calling the police. He then suggested that if I gave him back the money there would be no need for the police. Hmm!
However I did call the police and when they came he suddenly remembered seing another man with dark hair in the room. Hmm!
The Spanish police were very good, neither spoke English, and they even complimented my very bad Spanish
Anyway I'm not sure they believed the other man, they told me that I was never a suspect, and I left without having to visit a Spanish jail. He left with them to make a statement at the police station.
IMHO there are only two possibilities, firstly the other man was a fool, leaving a large sum of money unattended in a rucksack and he was actually robbed, or secondly he was a scammer, hoping to take advantage of someone who did not want the problems of involving the police.
Either way a crime was committed so beware!