Overview
- The production for Achtung Abzocke placed a wallet with €20, credit cards and a GPS tracker on a bench in Palma's old town and a passerby picked it up within minutes.
- The team tracked the GPS signal through narrow streets to a public rubbish bin where Giesel retrieved the cards, the tracker and later the wallet but found the cash missing.
- Giesel confronted the man who had taken the wallet and the person initially denied taking the money but returned €10 after video evidence was shown while saying the other €10 had been spent.
- Police officers who were on patrol arrived during the exchange and helped calm the situation without filing an immediate formal prosecution on site.
- The segment, broadcast on Kabel Eins and Joyn, is part of Achtung Abzocke's long‑running effort since 2015 to expose holiday scams and it highlights how tracking tools and on‑camera evidence are used to recover items and warn travelers.