Magaluf scam warning over gangs of knife-wielding hookers robbing Brits after luring them with £8 sex
Gangs of mainly foreign women are said to usher boozy party-goers down dark alleyways before robbing them blind
BRIT holidaymakers are being targeted by gangs of knife-wielding hookers who are robbing them after luring them with the offer of sex for £8.
Thousands of Brits head out to the notorious party hotspot to get boozy and blow off steam every year.
But gangs of mainly foreign women are understood to be honing in on the drunken revellers as they make their way back to their hotels after nights out.
Earlier reports revealed how the women offer their targets sex for as little as 10 euros (£8).
They then usher their victims down dark alleyways, where they surround them and rob them at knife-point.
One unnamed 19-year-old from Scotland quoted by the said he had 500 euros (£430) stolen from him.
He told the paper: “I was so drunk I didn’t really know what I was doing.
“They grabbed my arm and led me down this alleyway.
“Once I was there a few of them appeared and robbed me blind.
And a rep, 24, told the paper: “It’s like running the gauntlet back to your hotel now – all the women wait at the end of the strip to pick people off.
“They’re increasingly aggressive and don’t take no for an answer.”
The problem is not a new one and is understood to have been going on for a few years.
Michael Taylor, 28, told The Sun last year how he was knifed in the thigh and knocked out in a brutal attack.
The dad-of-two woke up in hospital with eight stitches and found his mobile phone, keys and £178 had been stolen.
Michael said: “Ten African women came out from behind some trees.
“They were trying to get me to pay for sex.
“When I refused one of them stuck a knife in my thigh. They were stronger than men and remorseless. It was terrifying.”
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And Street Angels, a volunteer organisation looking out for people’s safety on nights out, issued warnings about the problem as early as 2015.
A volunteer told the : “There are a lot of muggings that go on in Magaluf but it’s usually African women who prey on drunk male tourists.
“There can be quite a lot of them and they just loiter around waiting for boys on their own and then they link arms with them and pretend they are helping them back to their hotel or whatever before mugging them.”
Mugged tourists account for over 50 per cent of the people the Street Angels help, it was reported.
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