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Estepona cops bust grifter gang

Summary by Euro Weekly News
National Police in Estepona have arrested three members of a nomadic criminal gang specialising in the infamous “timo de la estampita”, a classic Spanish con also known as the “wallet scam”. The suspects, two men and one woman, aged 20, 25, and 53, were detained as alleged perpetrators of a June 2025 fraud that cost a victim €7,900. This age-old swindle, dating back to the 1910s… Source

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Estepona cops bust grifter gang

National Police in Estepona have arrested three members of a nomadic criminal gang specialising in the infamous “timo de la estampita”, a classic Spanish con also known as the “wallet scam”. The suspects, two men and one woman, aged 20, 25, and 53, were detained as alleged perpetrators of a June 2025 fraud that cost a victim €7,900. This age-old swindle, dating back to the 1910s… Source

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Euro Weekly News broke the news in Spain on Sunday, August 10, 2025.
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