(Alpujarra) A couple in Cádiar were arrested for allegedly fraudulently obtaining 21,000 euros from five victims, thanks to personal information stolen from their letterbox.

The couple, aged 21 and 27, reportedly forced open the letterboxes (post boxes) and obtained banking details from amongst the correspondence. Using this information, they supposedly managed to make copies of bankcards, with which they are accused of obtaining 8,000 euros.

You know what? I’m getting pretty tired of using ‘allegedly’ etc in each sentence so please take the whole article as reflecting alleged, as opposed to factual events, OK?

They also managed to take out several bank loans using the information, obtaining over 12,000 euros.

So how did it work? The said individuals, impersonating the true bank-account holders, turned up at the bank branch and asked for a new bankcard to be sent, together with the pin numbers. The bank found this a little suspicious; perhaps because of their nervousness or whatever, and were on their guard. They informed the Guardia Civil that there had been certain irregular behaviour with new bankcard requests for several locals from Cádiar and that they had consequently refused to send any more out.

The thieves staked out the post box, waiting for the new card to arrive, and whipped it together with the pin information.

(News, Cadiar, Alpujarra, Granada, Andalucia)[mappress]