New record Property scam warning

SOCIAL media users are warning of a series of alleged property scams in Benidorm and Albir.

“I have been searching for properties to help some people out and a friend recently found an apartment in Benidorm,” reports one poster.

“I was dubious at first so decided to speak to the agent. He was very convincing but it just didn’t feel right. The icing on the cake was when he used peer pressure for me to put down a €1,000 deposit as there were six people already due to visit it on May 30.

“We all know properties are hard to come by at the moment so if it looks too good to be true, it most probably is. Please be careful,” the user advised.

Regarding possible warning signs, the poster mentioned “not being able to speak on the phone, transferring money without seeing the property and only asking for one month’s rent,” among others.

Anna Ellis

THE forecasgt arrival of cruise passengers in Alicante this year beats all the records registered to date.

The figures managed by the Association for Cruise Tourism amount to more than 200,000 passengers on 86 ships. These include stopovers as well as embarkations and disembarkations with Alicante as a home port.

The operations as a home port correspond to the company MSC Cruises, which in 2023 has doubled its commitment