They're at it in Crete too.

On May 22, 7:29*pm, aquachimp
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On May 22, 6:00*pm, BP killed my turtle
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On May 22, 5:16*pm, aquachimp
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On May 22, 4:38*pm, BP killed my turtle
wrote:

On May 22, 3:22*pm, aquachimp
wrote:

On May 22, 3:00*pm, (David Horne, _the_ chancellor

(*)) wrote:
Andy Pandy wrote:
"aquachimp" wrote in message
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Oddly enough, there's not much mention about this kind of thing
here.
Or does it go by another name.

I suspect it's never mentioned here because most people who post here
are independant travellers who don't go on "beach" holidays or to
typical package holiday destinations where these scum operate..

Never bumped into them myself, certainly. Maybe I just look as if I'm
skint?

Nah, that aint it; I've been doing some research into the scams prime
target selection and I since found one site claiming to reveal all.
It's not that they're looking out for package holiday destination
tourists, nor childless couples, or "newbie" tourists.
No, what they pick out are people who look like they are having fun
and clearly enjoying their holiday.

*gullible ?!

Hmm, can't say I saw a mention of gullible.http://www.ehow.com/how_2272842_spot...avel-scam.html

However, there is a scientific basis that would agree with that, or at
least from what I read in a fairly recent New Scientist, or Scientific
American *magazine which pointed out that happiness makes people more
prone to being gullible.

What might interest you though is that there's a *sort of "save our
turtles" campaign going on there. But no, it 's not the BP ones; We
saw the kiosk near the opening to the harbour car park. Previously,
the holiday rep had mentioned something about turtles coming ashore to
nest and that was about all he seemed to know about the place, though
it seems now that his direction were about 15 km out (he was
suggesting to the West of Scam Central, when in fact it's to the east
and , oh, they don't do the nesting gig until late July -to August, so
he got that bit wrong too.

Be wary of people who approach you....nuff sed

Cautiously succinctly expressed. But easier said than done.

Put it this way, *I popped along here into Usenet Street *and in
posting this thread I have in effect approached everybody. What's
more, though not Greek, I did so bearing the Gifts of information and
opportunity/excuse to converse.

Not everyone has avoided me.

A holiday, such as what I've just had, is a feast of freedom and
borrowing the phrase "we are what we eat" feasting of freedom lends us
to living more freely and, I suspect, even free from a conscious sense
of freedom. So when approached, as we were, the under current sense of
freedom expressed itself *thus, like someone whispering in your ear
saying... ooh go on, listen, check it out, you'll be doing him a
favour, you're free to walk away any time you want.

Trouble is, the same undercurrent, which is the real Trojan Horse at
work here expresses itself in the same way as each greater step of
risk is encountered. And that's why I think (though making it up as I
go along) is why some people get duped, other than those who are
tortured into it through tedium, hunger, thirst or as one couple I've
since read about, the woman was diabetic, became ill as a consequence
of all the missed meal delays, but the scammers still wouldn't let
them go until the husband signed on the dotted line.

going on holiday is no excuse for unplugging your brain....