5 TRICKS TOURISTS FALL FOR (Honest Guide)

[@HONESTGUIDE]

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[@billy-ps7jz]

nice

[@dontask8051]

billy your the guy on drew binsky’s videos

[@billy-ps7jz]

@@dontask8051 yup

[@dontask8051]

billy nice to see you here lol

[@calebaugenstein6578]

HONEST GUIDE Hey love your vids

[@MrReyviz]

Here in Mexico there's a scam where a guy approaches you with a gun, then takes your phone and wallet 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@rendy3360]

Happens in my county too.

[@marceelino]

In some places you have to buy a brick with everything you have or they will use it on you.

[@noericardo1490]

I'm from San Luis Potosí, and that's true

[@caiosiqueira6138]

Same In my country The difference is that here they shoot first and ask for your things after that

[@noericardo472]

@@moh4197 wtf

[@jackoster7115]

A taxi driver in Greece once told me, in reference to scams in Athens,"If you ever feel bad for someone, you're getting scammed."

[@mikhailjohnson9884]

wow this is some real shit

[@alandgomez5905]

Lol sound advise.

[@JL-cn1qi]

Well half the fucking country was getting disability checks for all sorts of nonesence. Think there was some town were 35% of the people living their claimed to be blind, all of them sitting ass and collecting wellfare. See where that got them, they're all begging the EU for money now.

[@Tempelak05]

@@JL-cn1qi stfup trash stay in your boring country and cry

[@yoloswag1170]

tempe adm01 Lol, your country is begging our “boring” country for money so what does that make you?

[@aerialfilm1]

Scammers confuse me. It looks like an awful lot of work to avoid actual work.

[@Pidalin]

that's exactly what I am thinking about everytime when I see some of them :-D

[@kingjia90]

they are here because it works, even an 1% success rate in high moving city zone with naive freshmen every hours is much money

[@youtubeuser206]

@@Pidalin most of them just stand around collecting free money all day.. what's the work?

[@Pidalin]

@@youtubeuser206 Yes, most of them. But some of them are doing very advanced tricks and using many energy to get some money so technicaly, they are working. :-D

[@jaspeb9553]

Yes, because most of them don’t have a proper legal status and thus cannot legally work

[@marthinnus]

Imagine giving that guy in the Mercedes Belorusian rubbles....

[@Zrksys]

he'd know

[@derek2826]

*rubles

[@hakimzah]

Pretty sure the guy would immediately notice if you were to give him some Belarusian rocks

[@kirstybrown1185]

That would be so funny to see his reaction 😂😂 There is no need to grammar check someone guys. Its KZbin, you don't know what their first language is, it doesn't make you look clever it makes you look nasty. The rock one was at least funny, if you are gonna do it, do it right 😂👏

[@eamoncrawford]

@@kirstybrown1185 Some peoole can be pretty nasty and rude when correcting others. I have been corrected before (by both rude & kind individuals) and if done in a nice way it's appreciated. I don't mean to make mistakes (but I am human) and want to correct them to avoid being ridiculed by others and to make sure I am accurately conveying my thought. I have corrected others (also in a kind way & sometimes in a more rude way) and usually just want to be helpful to make sure they are being understood in the way they intended and so others aren't mean or disrespectful to them. When I have been unkind it was because they were being unkind or rude (I know, 2 wrongs don't make a right) to someone else or myself. I can barely help myself when someone is correcting someone elses mistake with a poor or inaccurate correction and they are doing so in a rude or unkind manner. (I know that's not an excuse for my rudeness. I am just being honest though.) The world would be a great place if we all helped each other and were kind in the process! I took your comment as sort of sticking up/defending others and thought another perspective may be of interest or beneficial. I hope this wasn't taken in a rude or malicious way! That's not what I intended if it was. I wish you and yours the best!

[@melok825]

Man: *robs a bank* Police: Arrests the man Man: *claims to be innocent* Police: BUT U ROBBED A BANK! Man: IT WAS FOR CHARITY!

[@TheAcreDnB]

This is what commies think about everything

[@sandrajones8245]

Cop: Oh thank you sir, have a nice day

[@ThomasLeonard454]

Coming to the USA

[@lilkandy7042]

Someone did that they donated to hungry kids in Yemen he got hung while smiling god bless him amen

[@melok825]

@@lilkandy7042 wow

[@jujitsuphill]

Here is a very common scam I've fallen for and see all the time: A beautiful woman gets you to fall in love with her. You get married then when you least expect it, BOOM! She's sleeping with Rick, divorcing you and taking half of everything you've worked all your life to build up. Watch out fellas.

[@amadorbullies]

Sounds very specific

[@siesaw1]

epic

[@bruza1980]

@@amadorbullies exactly. A statement very close to his home maybe.

[@dunruden9720]

Sounds like Barbie. She ends up with Ken's house, Ken's car and Ken's boat!

[@rajaryan731]

Remember the three golden word - thank you , sorry & step off bitch..

[@thebasketballhistorian3291]

Scams are already shameless. These take it to a new low: 1. Faking a handicap. 2. Saying it's for charity. 3. Running the scam with your kids in the car watching.

[@MarkSkater]

if ppl willing to cheat others over money... i dont think shame or morality is goin to on their mind

[@taimoortariq8738]

@@MarkSkater bad month huh

[@so-lomythic2700]

Yeah most of these guys couldn’t care less about the other person

[@Mokry_Pierd]

Gypsy in a Mercedes on Irish reg plates. Waste of space, we know this scam in Poland. We call this Rom service.

[@StealthyDrake12]

400 like

[@nickram81]

In the US there doesn’t seem like we have many in person scams for tourists. But the one I’ve encountered the most is some dude asking for money for food or gas. You offer them food or gas but they don’t want either, just money.

[@cdoggo3352]

Always a smart thing to say: what kind of (insert product) do you need?

[@piiinkDeluxe]

Not to be mean but I think here in the EU businesses are heavily regulated. In the US, if you want to scam people, just open a business. Lol

[@nickram81]

@@piiinkDeluxe you comment this on a video about many scams in the EU? Money exchangers, taxi companies. I don’t understand what you are saying.

[@piiinkDeluxe]

@@nickram81 yes, that's true, we have scammers too. But in my subjective view, it is harder to build a scam business over here since we have lots of regulations. I heard about someone who fell for a health insurance scam in the US for example. A "company" like that wouldn't be allowed to be open for business here.

[@nickram81]

@@piiinkDeluxe I’ll agree the EU probably has more business regulations.

[@Skadoosh-pe9gx]

There’s this huge scam in America called COLLEGE

[@LS-qt9bo]

In Sweden they have free health care and college. I also have to got there for boot camp when I'm 18, because if I dont I'll lose my citizenship.

[@josephdale69]

I couldn’t get a job after my Doctorate in Chicano Studies. Now I’m voting for Elizabeth Warren to erase my debt.

[@mr.bobitto1012]

There’s also this thing called taxes

[@AlexLikesFloors]

Joseph Dale Hope your ok with loosing KZbin then.

[@shahrozmughal5585]

Skadoosh wow that’s deep

[@grandePaoloDiCanio]

When a guy does a better job at preventing scams than local police and city's officials ......

[@Movercary]

Local police and politcians are all corupted and all is big game called Mafia City Czech Republic

[@notmenotme614]

Because these scams can easily be avoided if the tourist wasn’t so stupid. You can’t police stupidity.

[@Get-mad-over-9000]

​@@notmenotme614 good point, but the fact that Local police didn't even notice this makes them much more stupid than the tourist who literally knows nothing about the place.

[@Mecal21]

@@notmenotme614 how is a tourist stupid just because they've never been to the plane and had never seen these types of scams?

[@notmenotme614]

@@Mecal21 Because all of them depend on some type of interaction from the tourist. For example, the tourist stopping to talk to them or the tourist buying a fake ticket or the tourist having their wallet in their back pocket. And all of theses scams can be easily avoided if you ignore the con man and walk straight past them and look after your wallet. Only buy tickets from the official place.

[@nikitakucherov5028]

I assume everyone is trying to scam me 100% of the time.... sad way to live but effective... last time I let my guard down next thing I knew I was marrying the scammer

[@notmenotme614]

True. Scammers only target stupid and gullible tourists. The best solution is not to stop walking to talk to anyone, simply ignore them and walk away. As soon as they have your attention they’re going to rob you, including pick pockets. The reason why the police don’t do anything is because these scams can easily be avoided. It’s the tourists fault.

[@josht1907]

scammed for ur house and kids. oldest trick in the book

[@lastunikorin]

A common scam in my town, is someone spills something on you then they offer to clean it off and they pat you down cleaning the stuff off best they can. While they pat you they pick pocket you and take your stuff.

[@Ermagawd]

Sound like you’ve been watching imposters lol

[@thedevilsguardfox1651]

Idk why you'd let people touch you

[@theacme3]

I commented already on another scam method but i experienced this one as well. I was in Buenos aires walking somewhere with my headphones in. Suddenly i see in the back of my eyes someone weaving and talking to me. First, i keep walking because i think they dont talk to me. But they follow me so i turn around. In that moment i realize i am full of body lotion from my shoes right up my back up to my backpack. An older couple conveniently has napkins and wants to help me clean me up. Luckily i was already suspicious because they were following me so vehemently even after i initially ignored them. Well, i didn't get scammed but my day was ruined anyways.

[@WarrenFeltmate]

I was actually in Prague about two months ago as part of my honeymoon trip. As my wife and I were coming out of the Mustek subway station, we actually saw a pair of guys with an albino Burmese python pulling that scam on a Korean tourist. We had walked by him, but since I live and work in Korea and he was struggling to get them to back off, I actually went back and confronted the scammers. Thanks for the videos. Because of you guys, my wife and I had a wonderful time in Prague during our honeymoon!

[@cluffy66]

Surprised the korean guy didnt think it was a fast food joint

[@sotiify9221]

I WAS IN PRAGUE FOR MY ANNIVERSARY IN JULY

[@JakubLSPDFR]

Glad that you enjoyed prague

[@blackcarmafia]

@@cluffy66 no, no, eat first, then i pay 20€, good price good price

[@RedesCat]

The scam I recently had: my cat meowing for food when he was just fed

[@robtopuwu510]

There is another

[@magix4152]

Sir.....you got a smart cat now give it some more food god damnit

[@Mscoloraturakae]

Every. Day.

[@HnHStead]

Cats and their owners are either the devil or the devil's advocate.

[@CRAIG5835]

His brother lives at my place!

[@blackdogone]

The most disgusting thing with these scams is that they erode the trust towards another human being so bad that after some unpleasant experiences, you won't even hear out any fella who's coming to ask for help and eventually you won't even help people who are really in need. And this is the major crime in this story as this kind of self-protective paranoia would make the world a worse place day by day.

[@crtjurca6416]

I know this comment is a little late, but a couple years ago when I was in Paris with my family and while we were crossing passing by a popular square a guy approached with a basket full of red roses. He went something like '' A beautiful flower for a beautiful lady.' and gave a single rose to my mom. She of course gladly accepted and the guy quickly pushed three more roses into her arms. We all felt somewhat bemused but happy for her, so we thanked him and went to move on. The guy immediately started demanding money and when we - now slightly annoyed - explained we thought he meant them as a gift he forcefully yanked them out of moms arms and walked away. I guess it could be argued it was just a business strategy, but the way he went about it was exactly the same as those guys with animals who demand money after photographing you.

[@toddie3910]

Had a similar encounter in New York. The guys were kinda scary! Hated it!

[@Isai314]

That’s something that happens. I can confirm the guy above me because I live in nyc

[@jamesdillon6467]

Yea if anyone did that I’d have to fight them. No other choice

[@johnnyskeleton1556]

If those dudes want money after I take a photo I’m going to be like “the fuck are you going to do about it?” And just walk away

[@Blackichan2k10]

They are all over Italy as well, same exact scam

[@zabzab6128]

I scammed a scammer once 😂 Just gave him printed fake money

[@shookz9486]

Octopus Of the nine realms oh who cares

[@Catterall101]

He likely used your fake money to scam someone else. So you only really made the problem worse.

[@zabzab6128]

@@Catterall101 No worries, he smashed it to the floor

[@VictorNidas]

Zab Zab what did he do to u after moisting your fake money?

[@desgreyskry8792]

You're a scammer, you scammer.

[@thomaskoukouris4070]

My scary scam story: I m a greek/UK citizen. I was outside a bar in downtown Lisbon with my brother 1months ago. Two young people approached me aggressively and were offering their usual fake cocaine and weed, I denied politely. Then they started having a conversation with me and asking where I'm from (probably to determine if I'm holding anything valuable on me, if one is from the UK he's bound to have a good phone etc.), and then all of a sudden pretended to punch me 3 times in the face, literally they threw their hands and stopped 1 inch from my face, started swearing heavily and calling me names trying to start an argument. I didn't fall for it and walked away even though they followed me I kept on going and they stopped eventually. I searched online after and read similar experiences in Lisbon. Apparently it's the same gang of 20-30 year olds that try and start an argument with you and in the havoc knock you out and steal you. Also, read that, the same group of people sometimes will try to befriend you, offer you a drink with a drug and steal from you after you're drugged on the ground. Watch out fellas! Never be alone and don't pay any attention to them don't even respond to their questions.

[@HeHe-ir3we]

I'm sorry that happened to you, must've been scary. Unfortunately we all have to watch out in this world we're living in :(

[@kosmogun1180]

Was there 4 years ago with my class and saw these guys at Praça do Comércio . There one of the waiters tried to scam me. I paid for my 10 Euro food with a 50 Euro note. He came back and gave me a 5 Euro note. Fortunately i saw the scam and after a short argument, he came back with the rest of the money. Lissabon is full of scamers!

[@pnduarte4696]

Did they look like gypshies?

[@kosmogun1180]

@@pnduarte4696 yes!

[@pnduarte4696]

@@kosmogun1180 makes sense.

[@aaronli8975]

I’m not even going to Prague. Why am I watching this?

[@Maxcraft12]

Because you will go to prague, you just dont know it yet

[@JL-cn1qi]

Lot of these scams are used pretty much at all places where there are tourists. They're all pretty obvious.

[@georgedixon7314]

Me to

[@TheAkaluna]

because, you are here now

[@bruza1980]

Alot of these scams happen in most cities now. I see them in Edinburgh quite a lot. Most are Romanian or bulgarians. They are so stupid they think no-one knows what they are doing.

[@benjaminhoyt1421]

Simple travel tip. Don't enter into a conversation, transaction, or situation that you don't initiate.

[@levvl11]

Whew, what a boring way to travel that must be

[@jordan3400]

Awful advice, I’ve bought things off people approaching me before. You just have to be comfortable saying no, haggling and not getting into a dangerous situation.

[@danieljulian4676]

@Benjamin Hoyt That's right. You have to take seriously the fact that nobody's in business to benefit you at their own expense. The latter is known as "charity work". There's a sinner born every mucket.

[@allyma3]

This is just how i live my life, im too scared of talking to ppl with my voice.

[@ttnnnaa4500]

Nah, my greatest stories of travel have come from me saying yes to people coming up to me. My advice is evaluate every situation that is initaited by someone, and say no if something is not right about the whole thing

[@Camps2630]

“Tricking you into something” Like that panda. You believe it’s a huge panda, but in reality it’s a person behind it. 😞

[@shivam7156]

inside 😅

[@giantpunda2911]

Not true. Fake news.

[@TheFujac]

panda asks for money too once the photo is taken..

[@Fish.831]

Lol

[@morty3485]

Me: rob a bank Police: Hey stop we will shoot! Me: I’m collecting money for a charity Police: heh, than it’s fine.

[@blackcarmafia]

Oh, hey Robin Hood

[@fimkollim4929]

Jeah, charity for poor people (him)

[@blackcarmafia]

@@fimkollim4929 he is a god, he doesebt need money, BUT needs to feed the plebs who are farthing all over his house of god

[@wildcity7737]

Xd

[@finleyyymtb5776]

420 likes, nice

[@bradleyunderhill6449]

Are we just going to ignore the panda?

[@Artisjohny]

It is banned by the city. Panda will go away soon :)

[@bradleyunderhill6449]

Honza Hanák 😂 I was confused why there massive animals walking around. Bye bye panda then.

[@jachymhr]

Midsommar reference?

[@bradleyunderhill6449]

jachymhr no it wasn’t, happy coincidence I guess.

[@TheAnia7057]

Took a picture of my daughter in Prague and the panda was in the background. It's a great picture

[@Chooooty]

a scam that is pretty common is places offer "free tours" then near the end they will get pretty nasty and demand you pay

[@solidmoon8266]

Or they lure you into their store and demand you buy it. That way they can turn around and say that the money was for the item and not the tour.

[@thorlivingstone6873]

Was scammed by a guy who took my golden ring after offering this dear and precious heritage in exchange for a little help with my car .Damn.

[@stuartgraham1065]

That must of been dear!

[@auxy6858]

I swear I’ve heard of something like that before, stay safe

[@meep.472]

Oooof

[@bentonrp]

I always scam the scammers; For instance, scammer wanted to sell me a gold ring, but I knew it was only fools' gold. He wanted $400 for it, but I pretended I was a rich man and didn't have change for a $500 dollar bill. I asked him for a hundred dollars in change, which he didn't have. In the end, I was able to get the ring, and talk him down to $250! (btw, I didn't actually have a $500 bill, that was just for show.) I gave him $450, so he gave me the ring and two 50's for change. When I asked if he had change for one of the 50's, he gave me two 10's and five $1's, but he forgot to take the other 50. So, I decided to scam him again... I said, "I'll give you this other 50, if you take your phony ring back." And he fell for it! I gave him my other 50 AND he took back the ring! I think he used it to scam someone else right afterwards. I know, because after another conversation with him, the loose change he gave me was missing, and I somehow had the ring again in the morning...

[@meep.472]

@@bentonrp s t o n k s

[@lfakerson7703]

-went to Prague -bought prostitute -was a dude -not cool

[@fimkollim4929]

What if she was before he, Who was before she?

[@lfakerson7703]

All I know is THEY had a pp

[@frankestrada338]

fimkolli m worst scam ever.

[@Lanzottv]

Go to Thailand. Youll see a lot of them lmao

[@lfakerson7703]

🤫

[@CryseTech]

The guy with the mercedes happen to me here in germany on the Autobahn! Exact same method, he gave me a golden armband and a business card... But i said i need to go to the ATM a few kilometers down the road because i had no money. So what i really did my friend who drove with me called the Police and on the next restplace i pretend to go to the ATM but actually brought the Police right to him! Damn that felt so good :D

[@CryseTech]

@Cersei Lannister indeed, the Police was very grateful^^

[@thiphuongthinguyen2444]

CryseTech damn, krass, dass es da passiert ist.

[@hans-le9xf]

You may have outsmarted me but I outsmarted your outsmarting!

[@CryseTech]

@@hans-le9xf ouh shit :o we have an outsmartingception over here!

[@BORZGYZ]

Geschichten ausm Paulaner garten

[@fivespeed3026]

I had a guy beg me for gas when I was 17 in Nashville. I felt so good giving him $5. A week later I saw him begging someone else for gas. I felt violated. I don’t give to beggars anymore.

[@libtard.4844]

Yeah the scumbags ruin for the real people in need.

[@silaaron76]

If someone seems to need something then you can offer that thing, if it isn't money, if you want to help them. It helps weed out scammers.

[@johnhammersmit9856]

I always tell them I'd buy something on my debit card for them but I'd never give them cash the last guy asked me for a bag of doritos and a honey bun lol of course I obliged

[@jortpeters6419]

Ones gave a beggar with a sad story money, 30 minutes later I went to the grocery store and stood behind him in line with him buying booze and sigarettes haha

[@UnkownUser2001]

I once gave a homeless man money, then a few weeks later I saw him at a fucking football game😂

[@aisyah9587]

In some parts of asia people throw gecko lizards to the “handicapped” beggars and suddenly theyre not handicap anymore 🤣

[@catheseries]

aisyah oh god 😂 I’d pay to see that. People who fake being disabled or sick are the scum of the earth 🙄

[@jespersn4123]

A miracle

[@don_p7546]

catheseries I honestly don’t get why you’d do that? Instead of that you could just work a whole day and earn money in a fair way

[@catheseries]

Nathan Drake Exactly! Plus, they’d earn way more money than faking it and begging in the streets for money! Like, what’s the point?!

[@chipskylark5500]

@@catheseries you're just wrong. You can make hundreds of dollars a day doing that in the right place.

[@dresdonfury]

Gold ring scam in Paris where guy walking towards you bends over to coincidentally find a gold ring on the ground that he doesn’t want so tries to sell it on the spot for a great deal

[@brentshearer5757]

I had that one happen to me and my daughter in Paris. The guy was with his "pregnant wife". When I just walked away, he spit on me. Nice guy.

[@Uryendel]

@BlueGaming C it's illegal but it's not the US, you can't sue for every shit...

[@rpaleg]

Scam in my area, you handshake someone and they steal your liver

[@jerrylindstrom3323]

That happened to me yesterday. I hate it when it happens. This is the fifth time already

[@dorincochela4669]

Schwerer Gustav they took my like 9 times already

[@Jitesh_Keshwala]

Holly 😂

[@therevolution91]

In my case the stole my 🥜. The left one is missing now. 😭 Only one half empty bag. (depends on how you look at the glass😂

[@nguyenquoccuong3310]

What does "steal someone liver" mean? Explain to me, please.

[@jagamin5003]

Basically just don’t trust people if your a tourist and your good

[@Tdawg79776]

I just don't trust people in general

[@thejohngalt7078]

1.1k people are dirty scammers that hate when their evil is exposed.

[@100gnews]

1.2

[@screwgoogle4993]

That's a needlessly wordy way of saying Democrats

[@jackneckham6968]

1.3k

[@lucasnguyen8650]

@@screwgoogle4993 Lol

[@kewlboi7186]

1.4K now

[@neuzvecis]

"It's impossible to hold on spinning bar for 2 minutes" Well... As a climber I am personally insulted

[@zososldier]

For real. Plenty of videos on youtube showing people doing the bar. Usually climbers or people that work on grip strength.

[@rickloyd8208]

The issue is the spinning bar... if it's fixed then it's not that difficult... holding the rope is easy because different angle... give it a try :)

[@zososldier]

@@rickloyd8208 the spinning bar game is a normal carnival/ festival/ expo/ etc. Attraction. They all spin. People still do it but it's just like gambling. The house has the best chance of winning. Doesn't mean it's impossible.

[@belkarbitterleaf5928]

Well if you use mixed grip then the house is shit out of luck.

[@lastmanstanding5423]

@John Lany - exactly what I was thinking... (I do calisthenics)

[@sixtenbystrom3988]

A typical scam in big city’s is that they pretend to spill a drink or something on you and then they offers help. You put down the bag that you have and they starts to help you, theeeen someone comes from behind and take ur bag

[@jakegarrett8109]

I could see that working like 3 times in Texas (statistically by the third time your leg will have bullet holes, and that’s only because the first two just didn’t feel like wasting lead...). When crime goes unpublished, it goes rampant and they do it again (just like never ever punishing bad children, or actually I guess in this case rewarding their bad behavior because they got something of value). Unfortunately the police in the US are basically useless for stole property unless it’s a car (it can be a $5000 race bicycle but they won’t even bother looking for it, but they will hunt down ever $500 piece of trash car theft, hence bicycle theft runs rampant in college campuses until a student has to beat the crap out of a thief caught in the act of stealing their bike and then the student gets in way more trouble and the thief set lose to just steal another one. Sadly that’s the case, but in the case of bullets the thief may not get away... Just stupid that our system wants that, protecting the criminals)

[@henryshen5445]

I was a student in Lyon, France, and this happens a lot from what I've heard from international students. An elderly guy would drop his jar of hundreds of coins on a train. Some nice tourist would help him pick up those coins. As she returned to her seat, her belongings and bags are gone. It's more prominent in places like Paris.

[@TheElizajoy]

Something that happens in my country, India... It happens in the cities, an old person(scammer) with maybe a walking stick will be walking next to a tourist. They'll try and get close to the tourist. Then they'll push against them and pretend to have a great big fall. A very dramatic fall. The person pretends to have been hurt badly and will tell the tourist they were the reason and that they pushed her/him. Then ask for money for treatment screaming and howling in pain. Tourists usually get scared and give a lot of money.

[@bradleyunderhill6449]

Another great video, it’s amazing how your trying to help so many. Keep up the great work. Can’t wait for the next mini-series. The main scam in my town is people who pretend to be homeless but have been seen getting into Mercedes on a daily basis refusing food and asking for money instead and having a home. Glad there’s not as many scams like some that happen in Prague.

[@FC-cu5jw]

Toronto, Canada. - Art dealer on the street selling “hand drawn” pictures - ends up photo copies of popular pictures

[@johnnycheung6656]

Same in Paris

[@harjotminhas1440]

I’m from Toronto as well but I never heard anything about it

[@FC-cu5jw]

Summers normally - you’ll walk around downtown young street... they normally “set shop” by college station to Eatons... they’ll have a lot of handrawn photos on the ground. People buy them cause they look hand drawn. When u come home to remove it from the crappy poster board frame you’ll realize it’s a photo copy... they’ll ask for a high price then lower it to make you feel you’re getting a good deal.

[@harjotminhas1440]

Afghan Lion sag word. I may have to check this out then

[@devoonbmx603]

F C yonge and dundas?

[@axeludenh]

Back when I was about 12, I think, I was hanging out with a couple of friends in downtown Copenhagen, and this guy walked up to us, and he asked us, how much diapers cost, and that he needed them for his child, whom he was living with at the train station because they were homeless, and we told him the price, and so he asked us to come into the convenience store with him and show him, where they were. While making our way towards the store, he kept thanking us for wanting to buy these diapers for him, and we were all kind of confused, because we didn't really know, what was going on, so we didn't really do anything about it. (We were also kind of scared of him keep that in mind.) As we made our way into the store, he quickly found a lot more stuff. (Diapers, electric toothbrushes, dental floss, baby food, etc.) That was where we realized, what we had gotten ourselves into, but since we were just CHILDREN, we were too scared to do anything about it, and so we paid for all of the items, which were about 48€, and he quickly grabbed the receipt, and we went out of the store. He then asks us to go to a special ATM and withdraw about 100€, but since we knew, what had been going on, we told him, that we were now broke, and that we needed to catch a bus. Now the way this scam worked was, that he would tell people, that he was living with his baby at a train station, and make them believe, that he just needs advice or just diapers from the convenience store, and when they would believe him, he would get even more stuff, which would cost the victim a lot of money. When he would get the items, he'd grab the receipt, and return all of the items, when the victims were gone. Now, the thing, that disgusts me the most is, that he did this to CHILDREN. Scamming adults is messed up, but children. That's really messed up.

[@JohnWarosa999]

Yea that’s messed up. Also, if someone in Denmark claims to be homeless, it’s most likely a lie since being homeless is a choice. You chose to be homeless in Denmark. It probably sounds fake and weird for non-Danish people, but it’s true. You don’t meet a homeless person in Denmark who doesn’t wanna be homeless. Or maybe you do, but then it’s because he or she would just rather be homeless than not being homeless.

[@caolandabeast5270]

K

[@drakewarrior1013]

I fell for that couple months ago. I still was not sure if the person in question was lying or not, but I was afraid to be wrong and to refuse someone in actual need. Initially the guy tried to sell me some perfume. He said that he bought it some time ago as a gift, but now desperately needs money because he was scammed at work and they did not pay him for the month. And yeah, he had family, few kids, lived in a communal hostel (or how is it called?), etc. I was willing to buy this thing, but the price was surprisingly very high for my income and remaining finances. When I told him I can't buy it and refused to budge with his... let's say "gentle demands", he asked if I can buy him something to eat for his family. Now, I was of the impression that if I buy food instead of giving money, it won't go to waste, and he will have to eat it. I mean, what he could possibly do with it otherwise? So, we came, and I agreed to buy chicken and a bread. He kept asking for more things "for kids", like bananas for vitamins, etc - so I just told him how much money I have (a lot less than I actually had, but I wanted to keep him in limits without being rude). And he got like tripple the cost of that. Yes, diapers, 3 loafs of bread, whole bunch of fruits, chicken and nuggets and such. I sensed that it was wrong, but something in stupid me refused to refuse him all together. Maybe in a rush I did not think that it was okay to refuse, even if I already agreed "to help". I think that, and some faith in humanity and hid sad face and tone, is what kept me from pulling out right there. But anyways, at the checkout, when the terminal says my card has not enough money (I quietly placed exact amount I promised him on my virtual card) - he acts all sad and slow, making everyone increasingly impatient and forming a big line, and reluctantly removes items one by one, asking to check if I have enough now. After 3 tries (where he still kept diapers we did not agree on) and my words that if he did not get it quicker I would just walk away, he sadly makes the cost low enough by removing extra items (diapers included, which was like most of the cost even at the beginning), I pay, he thanks me, and we part ways. I was waiting at a trade center one bus stop from the shop where it happened, and another man with same national face comes to me and also starts to try selling me perfume. After I said that I just have been through that he claims to be his brother (actually, that could be the only truth they told me). And says that they need money so much he stole this thing from a shop, and he is ready to go this far for his family, etc. After I said I can't buy such pricy things, he just asked for money for help. He did not get stopped by my words that I just bought his brother food already like 30 minutes ago. After I (firmly this time, finally, stupid me) refused, he acted all insulted and silently stormed off, like I was greedy to not help him in need or something. As I said - until this day I at least hoped that my money, although taken in this unhonest way, helped some people eat. Even if they did not need it and could buy it themselves, at least this money was used for food of all things. But your words about refunding it actually made it painfully click for me once more. Because as I'm writing these words, I remember that instead of taking it home or going with them somewhere, he put the bag in the locker at the shop, and I don't remember where the receipt went at all - but probably to this guy. I did not give this attention back then - I was thinking all the different things and I guess felt anxiety and could not process things rationally. But it now all makes such a perfect sence. Now I wish I knew how to act about it and reported them for perfume theft or something, if they really stole it. Thank you for your story. Although it saddened me, and especially to read this how you fell for the same thing as literal children - I'm glad that now I can be 100% sure what exactly happened and not feel any, even if insignificant, doubts of "but maybe they really were honest?".

[@itsatg3893]

What I've learnt from *Honest Guide* is that "Everyone is awful these days"

[@helicopter4120]

In my school children make 10$-20$ a day just going around and asking the everyone for 1$, some people give them some don't.

[@hassantheman1017]

I use to dl that but for 2.50$ for a bottle of pepsi or 5$ for a smoothy lol

[@bentonrp]

"Hey do you have a dollar?" "Gasp! How much money do ya make doing this? Can I see?? I just wanna count it..."

[@johnree6106]

@@bentonrp You can make a lot of money especially if you're a kid

[@bentonrp]

@@johnree6106 Oh, that's my response to them every time they asked me for a dollar. I would just pretend to bug them for Their money. :}

[@johnree6106]

@@bentonrp 🤣 does it work. Myself I really don't give money but have given money on Christmas to a homeless person or at least they said they were hell his sign it's Christmas and I need a beer.

[@cliffcurtistruth]

Tourists looking to buy marijuana from locals in Honolulu, Oahu often end up with Pete Moss bound tightly in the shape of buds with very thin nylon string. They do the deal out in the open and act paranoid so you only get a glimpse and tuck it away quickly. Ignore their fake paranoia and make sure you know what you're buying.

[@danieljulian4676]

Isn't there an old saying that marijuana lacks the delicate fragrance of peat moss?

[@rick4677]

or just don’t be a drug addict

[@trashfire9641]

@@rick4677 Okay, mom.

[@andrewthezeppo]

@@rick4677 marijuana isn't addictive and if people can afford vacations to Hawaii they probably are productive members of society

[@junior29557]

@@andrewthezeppo it is addictive. Not everyone will get addicted but many do.

[@realhawaii5o]

In my home town of Aveiro, Portugal: #1: Fake charities #2: Fake handicapped people #3: Euronet ATMs #4: gypsies selling knock-off products

[@Pidalin]

When I wanted use euronet ATM in Lisbon it didn't want give me any money, I have no idea why. I used some ATM of some your bank and it was without problem.

[@hellokidsbully]

Aveiro normally isnt like that... Been there sometimes well the atms yeah fake charities?? Fake handicapped people never saw. And selling those things everywhere

[@realhawaii5o]

@@hellokidsbully You can see them on Av. Dr. Lourenço Peixinho sometimes... And in the Rua Direita. It depends, but it is something you see enough if you live here.

[@miljanvideo]

Arent u all gypsies lmao

[@Loettl]

Euronet is okay. Just decline their scam rate and take the local one. Afaik, they don’t charge fees.

[@chriss6356]

Here in America there’s a scam that goes on everywhere, it’s called insurance.

[@MrMajsterixx]

So u aint so anti-socialistic anymore up there ? ;)nice to hear that i mean you dont have to be socialist or even a capitalist, just particularry health insturance is a thing that is worht, i just broke my leg and nose in past year got fixed up easy without wirries even happy that i dont have to go to school :D one last word : taxes

[@martinmena4625]

@@MrMajsterixx no he means these insurance companies pretend to help or want to help. But actually want to give you the least amount of money owed to you. That's why alot of people get lawyers who may also be thief's lol

[@eva-nr2bs]

Physics Only thumbs up !!!

[@4.5ballers3]

Physics Only hahahahahahahahahahaha

[@alimertc]

In Turkey its called breathing

[@owencook2332]

The biggest scam in London is 100% fake homeless people! 😡

[@joeljaison9601]

Tell that to London hacks

[@dopaminas7115]

joel jaison LOL

[@RealCrackey]

@@joeljaison9601 he doesn't beg for money, or does he idk tbh

[@SB-ue1lr]

They’re everywhere

[@SB-ue1lr]

Romanian gangs

[@OhYeaMista]

Bar thing isn’t “impossible”. Just really really difficult. People don’t realize that it spins like you said. Not the most honest thing ever but no worse than most carnival games. As long as he’ll actually pay up if someone does it... Good vid telling people what to look out for though. 👍

[@blabli1496]

2 min hanging alone cant even be done by most people. Only climbers are fit enough for that so it doesnt really matter anyways

[@davidhofmayer1031]

Two minutes is longer than the usual scam lol. Who thinks they can do that?!?

[@jmoney9790]

@@davidhofmayer1031 usually it’s 100 seconds for $100

[@OhYeaMista]

Google / KZbin it. Plenty of vids of people doing it. All I said was it’s not “impossible”. I’m not saying it’s easy.

[@AlienCowThatMoos]

Yah, this one feels less like a scam and more like a carnival game. Looks easy, is actually only possible for professional mountain climbers.

[@kimgnagy3131]

I was in Paris and in the span of about 1 mile walked along the Seine I had the “Did you drop this ring?” scam attempted about 5 times. I had a great visit to Prague thanks to all of your videos!

[@niko_trige194]

Scammer: *sets up a business* Honest Guide: "I'm about to end this man's whole career."

[@szymongrabarczyk3561]

Oh wow... another one of those. hurray... Your creativity trophy is being sent to you as I'm writing this comment. Later on theres gonna be an interview and a ted talk.

[@martingrenar4752]

"but hes not a rapper.."

[@niko_trige194]

@@martingrenar4752 wow

[@redpilledpatriot8484]

Yeah, not really.

[@Flipaclip41]

When I was in Prague I got scammed by the overpriced food thing when they weigh your food and give you ridiculous prices. I feel so bad about that because I weren't watching your videos yet.

[@europeantravelingwithraj9216]

Prague is fantastic for all you can eat restaurants

[@puzzlingcentaur]

This is what I don't get. If you order 100 gram portions and they give you something like half a kilo, never feel obligated to pay for it. Nobody can force you to buy something you don't want to. Return it and if they get angry, tell them to shove it where sun doesn't shine.

[@kevintolentino381]

Same here, just posted my experience here as well. It is the Prague ham. I paired it with the potato and cabbage salad i think with the hot wine. Expensive though.

[@JanneOksanen]

I tried to buy roasted pig at the Xmas market on the old town square and the guy put like 800 crowns worth of meat on the plate. He got pissy at me when I told him I didn't want that much. So I told him to keep it and walked off.

[@abdul361]

@@puzzlingcentaur exactly! If you're given a big portion just say you want a smaller portion!

[@CK-zl1sd]

One time i was in london and i was waiting on a queue to buy a museum ticket and a guy came up to me saying he had a spare ticket because a friend of his didnt show up and that he wanted to sell it to me for 2/3 of the original price and i didnt really though of it at the moment and agreed. So i gave him the cash but the ticket was old and I couldn’t enter the museum so i notified the authorities but the did absolutely nothing even though there were surveillance cameras around and they also claimed that they’ve gotten many reports about this happening every day.

[@DarthPickleCT]

“What did we get out of this story?” “Well a free golden ring!😃”

[@migiola]

Which is fake BTW:))

[@bentonrp]

@@migiola Thank you, yes. Criminals are cheap. Best way to send one who approaches you with an elaborate scheme running fast is to put on a greedy face and say, 'got any money for me?'

[@artvandelay1099]

How does that work, I wonder. Ring is probably only worth a dollar. So the scammer pays the person who made it a dollar? My question is who has the time to make a ring that will only sell for a dollar? Or does the scammer make them himself? Or does the scammer actually get scammed himself knowingly paying maybe $25 for a ring and just hopes to recoup and even profit off of his scam? How does this hustle even work.

[@bentonrp]

@@artvandelay1099 lol. There are plenty of manufactured fake golden rings from China, etc.

[@artvandelay1099]

@@bentonrp I guess I underestimate cheap Chinese labor. Gotta be machine made. Probably have a machine that can churn out hundreds if not thousands. I suppose if the Chinese can make screws that cost pennies a piece, and still make a profit off of those, then they can make costume jewelry rings that cost pennies a piece and still make a profit off of those.

[@justicetout]

It's a shame that in every cities scammers can do what they want in the street, without the fear of police.

[@truthoverfalsehood__8757]

Not in Dubai

[@anarchistangler]

Cause the police are in on it.

[@alessandrojomli6689]

Rome, they’ll give u a rose and demand money, told em no n threw the rose on the ground

[@Puppy-ccino]

Alessandro Jomli, haha! Laughed so hard! 😂

[@jennferley8854]

Same to me at the eifel tower an indian gave me a rose then he got angry 😂

[@cheezyvids]

Vienna every year around Christmas,

[@karelborghs3169]

Indeed. They were so annoying last time I was in Rome!

[@Elia_rizkallah]

It's not in Romeits in every restaurant in the world 2

[@gabrieltruman1335]

False homeless people are everywhere over where I live Yep you’re totally homeless that’s why your backpack looks brand new and your jacket is worth more than mine.

[@spiderman-zz6nn]

Yup this is everywhere, it’s disy

[@spiderman-zz6nn]

Disgusting *

[@loveitretrobevvo3270]

Spent years homeless due to bad luck and mental illness. People would frequently give me nice clothes that they were planning to throw away, shoes, blankets and yes, backpacks. It's easy to assume things about people on the street when you haven't faced it yourself, turns out 90% if the time you're dead wrong and just spouting tired old ideas drilled into your head by media from a young age. If people were half as concerned about being a selfish, inconsiderate, judgemental robot as they were about being fooled the world might be a bearable place. All the little worker bees who consider themselves respectable members of society... You're just enabling the rich to maintain their lifestyles at your expense. The whole world revolves around people manipulating money out of each other. It's only the people who are REALLY good at it, wear suits and can take you for thousands who we deem it acceptable for? Your minds have been well and truly poisoned.

[@kirstybrown1185]

Our local homeless beat them up because they stop them getting help 👏👏

[@thedevilsguardfox1651]

Why I never go to the city :D

[@Maxcraft12]

one guy came up to me and said look behind you, when I turned back he punshed me in the face and stole my backpack. Was a pretty cool scam must admit.

[@YanosProductions]

Maximilian why would you actually look behind you

[@trash4152]

u should wear the backpacks with the clip thing

[@davidwebb4904]

Thats a new twist on the decades old “gold ring” scam. A more traditional version, is some young gypsy girl walking towards you, bends down right in front of you, and “picks up” a gold ring, asks if you dropped it, then offers you to have it, and oh, can you give me some money please. Happens in EVERY major city. Walking along the Seine in Paris a few years ago, and twice, within just a few minutes, was I intended to be their victim. Some say this is organised crime and these girls have quotas to meet, else they get a beating. Who knows if that is true...

[@hassanalihusseini1717]

David Webb: May be one should scream loudly: "Beware, that is Sauron's ring!" and throw it into the Seine, or when she takes it back demand money from her....

[@Vasco__]

happened to me in Paris, i was approached by a decent looking old man, who managed to rob me of 3€ because i wasn't aware of the trick, I guess I learned a lesson lmao

[@yuvalm.5855]

@@Vasco__ Look at the bright side, it's 3€ compared to sometimes over 20€ people pay :/

[@Hudpix16]

VASQUiNHO GAFANHOTO but why would you pay someone for something that’s not yours? Do you honestly think someone would hand you a gold ring for €3?

[@quijibo1198]

Your videos help even me, as a local, to get out of these weird/bad situations and also help other tourists, since I am not very familiar with these traps all around the city. Thanks!

[@Nat-jf2ge]

Thankyou for being honest. I remember a scam where two cars go through a drive thru and pay for a small meal with a large note with a particular marking they put on it, then their friend comes through after you and pays with a small note saying they gave the wrong change. They tell them about the marking on the large note they gave them so they get the change that the first person got as well.

[@mstryoshi75]

In egypt, close to the pyramids. Our dad was invited by a guy to go up on his camel for free. My dad was cautious and asked a few questions. to make this story short and sweet, yes, the guy didn't scam my dad to go up on the camel and to take pictures with my dad's camera. He didn't run away with my dad's camera. But after a quick 5 minutes, he inquired if my dad was ready to get off the camel.. "yes my dad replied".. guy : "ok sir.. its going to be X amount of money for you to get down from the camel"

[@schrodingerskatze4308]

Smart...

[@fatemah2281]

I got scammed in Prague by the “deaf” people pretending to collect money for the UN

[@puzzlingcentaur]

You should watch this video, Honest guide managed to cure them :D :D :D :D kzbin.info/www/bejne/a3_deqBmf92dha8

[@tkautzor]

why would deaf people collect money for the UN? doesn't the UN fund programs for deaf people?

[@istvanhegyesi001]

I saw a similar scam in Hungary during a train journey. Somebody, who pretended him to be deaf, put a pen and a "price list" on the tables. (On the paper it was written that he's deaf, and you'd donate him if you bought the pen (which was overpriced, he asked about 400-500 HUF for it). I ignored him, he took the pen and the paper back because I didn't want to buy this overpriced pen. While he was walking around the train, his phone started ringing.😃 It proofed that he just wanted to scam the passengers. Also, if he needed money, he shouldn't have bought a train ticket. If you want to help disabled people, you should rather donate to reliable charity organizations.

[@jpomega]

Scammer when you start the mini-series: Look out for the handsome man from youtube 😆

[@moabfool]

The spinning bar: The real issue is to avoid any action that ties up your hands. Your hands are your defense for your wallet (which is in your front pocket, right?). Whether it's a petition on a clipboard or a flower forced at you by a pretty girl, don't let anybody put something in your hands. While your hands are busy and your attention is distracted your wallet is walking away with that person's buddy.

[@jebalexander5800]

I'm 4 steps ahead. I never step out of the house

[@kellydalstok8900]

Like the gypsy children in Brussels that place a newspaper over my bag, pretending it was something I needed to read. They didn’t fool us, because it was a crumpled paper and they were very scruffy and dirty.

[@FrantaBina701]

Closed for lunch scam: You arrive at some tourist site, but by accident you arrived from wrong side of building/complex. No people there, no opened gate. Suddenly taxi driver (or similar person offering transport) approaches you and tells you that it's closed for lunch. And offers you to ride you to different place. Possibly overcharging you and pushing you to some tourist shops. Common around Asia.

[@cat3rd130]

František Bína Really? After living in Asia for 2 years I never came across this, interesting.

[@joshjohncy9376]

Plot twist: the ring guy was actually legit

[@TheSniper9752]

5000 Koruna profit then.

[@mattblaszczyk4359]

Ya a legit gypsy

[@aladepollo4833]

Ya boi sure he’s just a stupid scammer . Piece of pie 🥧 😛😛😛

[@mrbones3163]

I gave him 100,000 Belarus rubles (expired)

[@SantomPh]

Legit? Dubai gold traders would never need hadouts

[@samdumaquis2033]

Hello, a Scam that I witnessed in Rome was someone was sitting in the street painting a lovely little painting and there were some exposed. We came to look at his paintings, after looking through some he offered to buy a "fresh" one the one he has just painted (somehow it has just dried in an inatant). And he even offered to sign it before we bought it... in fact in was very very high quality printing on quality painting paper... and he was pretending to paint it..

[@Stonka7]

I experienced something very similar this year while on vacation in Corfu, Greece. There was an artist who was selling "hand painted" stones and he claimed he was an artist. After taking a closer look, they were covered by serviettes, art known as decoupage. I confronted him and he still claimed he painted them. He was selling paintings too, but I did not inspect them.

[@FisherBernard]

We visited Prague in 2010, and it was great. Being from South Africa, we have pretty much mastered the art of spotting a scam, haha.

[@martinmilek3572]

... and a Czech word in the end. PODVOD [pɔdvɔt], which means SCAM. SCAM - PODVOD

[@leehongjin6884]

That would be the only czech word I can internalize. Whenever we see a scam just say Podvod or if ya trying to help a fellow tourist say it in english or the tourists mother tongue if you know it.

[@Saperwill]

LOL

[@quansama6898]

Někteří scammeři jsou totální špinavci

[@jameswaldron5320]

A common one is someone approaches you: "I just need £4 for a hostel room" "I just need £1.70 for bus fair" "I just need a couple of pounds for some chips" - here I infact went "even better you can have this sandwich I just bought" they didn't want that, only some money...

[@ondrejmiklas2180]

This is what my wife does. When somebody asks for money, because they missed their bus, their friends left them there etc, she just walks with them to the nearest Vietnamese shop and buys them food. The looks on their faces - priceless.

[@technicalscience]

That's not a scam though,that's just someone begging for money...

[@quansama6898]

When I was on a school trip to London, me and my friends met two indian guys that wanted "just" two pounds for their poor family, when I searched for the money (because I am naive) he started to talk about the five pounds in my wallet and he wanted to take them so I took it back and said something like: I am sorry... and walked away. Just saying because it's kinda interresting what kinds of people you can meet.

[@annettejacobs5475]

Thank you! We will be in Prague in 9 days, so excited to see your beautiful city and avoiding scams 🍺

[@adamwnt]

Annette Jacobs you’ll enjoy it as I did a few years ago.

[@celticstephenhill]

We've got a huge scam in our country right now where the government is locking down businesses and making us terrified to leave our houses because of a virus that's supposedly very deadly. The scam is that even if you catch it, you've got a 99.97% chance of surviving! And the average age of death from this virus is actually OLDER than the average age of death in the general population... But they don't tell anyone that part. It's brilliantly executed. Keep em scared and they'll comply with whatever you want them to do.

[@trm7391]

Thank you SO MUCH for making these videos! I’m pretty sure you have saved some people huge amounts of money! Keep doing what you do! 😊

[@edanefelia9431]

Omg you were so awesome recording that guy and telling him to call the police, id be way too scared to do that 🤣

[@sweetberries683]

The best way: stay away from street performers, answer from stranger, heartless and keep walking

[@argiberico]

best way: only go out if you REALLY have to and plan your steps. cool name "Red Wine"

[@sweetberries683]

@@argiberico @ have a nice day cheers

[@jdjphotographynl]

Also my tactic. If anyone on the street randomly wants something of me, the answer is either no, or I just ignore them as much as possible.

[@sweetberries683]

@@jdjphotographynl @ agreed, I do the same, NO is the best answer and keep walking

[@lt_8a254]

I was at 7-11 today getting gas & the same exact thing Happened to me. 2:43 A rich looking guy with a suit, pulls up with a nice SUV & a gold ring. Begging for gas money. Told him I was broke & he left lmaooo

[@gardini100]

20 euro for a picture , that would make me laugh

[@sebx4skydiver112]

But It's a True :(

[@gardini100]

@@sebx4skydiver112 just ignore them , they wont touch you, just say it was a bad picture :)

[@Amii-dw7jd]

A scammer told me to give him £50 because I was recording his scam in a public space.😂 nah

[@gardini100]

@@Amii-dw7jd just laugh at them !..they just test out if you are weak ...but keep it on camera and share the scam to the world:)

[@aladepollo4833]

gardini100 i’d be like GET OUTTA my face pronto!!! Why don’t you take a picture of your own sorry ass.

[@alphareborn9908]

Or for short, trust the slang “Don’t trust anyone.”

[@martinkovac2920]

I feel like I shouldn't trust you.... 😶

[@zeflammenwerfer1772]

Idk man, sounds kinda sketchy

[@Chilam.]

Bro wtf with the bird that thing was painted,that's cruel

[@TheSniper9752]

What is a ssird?

[@legolas2899]

It says Bird

[@Raspopopo]

@@legolas2899 ß=SS, not b

[@Chilam.]

TheGhost I don't think that man used natural paint that won't intoxicate and eventually kill the bird

[@Chilam.]

TheGhost a offer you a respectful sorry,you are correct,I still think that the bird would get fairly stressed from getting dyed but your right and if my spelling is bad I'm from Latin America so sorry.

[@MrNgeth87]

2:44 I had that happen to me here in the United States. Small city in Minnesota. He told me that him and wife are from Dubai. They needed money to go back home. Crazy thing was that’s the exact ring too! My wife and I knew it was a scam. He told us that(when he was mad) “you no good people, you no good people!” That’s the funniest thing I’ve heard! They are just everywhere and have no soul. They always have to bring the kids so it makes it real experience. But don’t fall for it!

[@bentonrp]

A scammer drove up to me with her kid, also. The kid was rolling her eyes about what her mom was doing, and the mom had a real smug attitude while reciting her lines. The whole thing was all sketch. Luckily, I wasn't from there, and was just handling a car repair emergency. When I said so politely, she immediately turned from happy to mean and started blaming me for her kid's death eventually being on my hands. She didn't even mention that she and her kid were in a life and death situation, and I didn't even turn them down yet, just told them the truth about what she interrupted me doing. Glad I didn't help her as she sped off.

[@jmazz1127]

Seems to always be a muslim from dubai, hhhmmmmm

[@diegohp93]

Scam happening in Italy few years ago: while you drive your car relatively slow, you hear something hitting your car. If you are in the city centre, you will find someone pretending you injured him/her, if you are outside of the city, you will find some car following you with a broken glass saying you broke it. In both case, they want cash money immediately to repair the damage. Way to solve it: say "let's call the police and let them fix it". They will fly away. Spoiler alert: the stuff that hit your car was some stone threw by them.

[@puzzlingcentaur]

Seen this happening in a completely non-touristy small town in Croatia as well. Some guys will deliberately try to get someone to hit them, like hitting the breaks where no one in the right mind would the breaks because it's hard to stop. Or trying to get very close (but in front of you) and then hitting the brakes. Sometimes it works. Most often the driver is paying attention but they do not manage to completely avoid contact. And then the driver (who drives old junk with old damage) will claim that you damaged his carr and demand direct compensation so he doesn't call the police. In rare cases, the scam goes even further and he will take you to his repairman friend (who is part of the scam) . My sister almost fell for this scam but when repairmen claimed some insane amount of money is needed to repair the old junk car, she recognised the scam and called the police. She barely touched his car and the policemen started laughing when they inspected the car. I also heard of others falling victim to this scam.

[@mandarina1367]

@@puzzlingcentaur Znas mozda di je to bilo? :D

[@puzzlingcentaur]

@@mandarina1367 Bjelovar....više velika selendra nego mali grad, nema turista, samo radnika iz drugih gradova i ljudi koji usput stanu da prenoće. .ali opet ima prevara.

[@mrsnezbit2219]

I bet the scammer had a Southern accent.. or you were in the South

[@diegohp93]

@@mrsnezbit2219 not even close.

[@sasch514]

Subscriber since "Prague vs. Crooks" 💪😘 Long time ago 😍 Keep up the good work!

[@timevelocity1917]

I love your vids you kept me from getting scammed twice

[@Aah_noe]

When I was in Auckland New Zealand there were people that would walk around with clipboards and registration forms saying that they were trying to raise money for a charity race coming up and if we wanted to fill out our name and make a donation. Since I was a tourist I didn’t know there was no actual race approaching. Luckily a local tipped me off to the scam.

[@jackelveyder]

Guy once asked me in Lancaster, England, “mate have you got 20 pence for my bus”. I give him 20 pence, he’s says “can you turn that into 20 quid”. Fair play

[@pollyozz]

I keep meeting the same guy around Hlavní Nádraží for around 3 years already. He comes up to you and tells you the story that he left all his belongings in the bus that was going to another town and asks you to give him some money. When he approached me first I said that I don't have cash with me, only card, and his reply was priceless: There's an atm out there 😂 other times I was just telling him that I met him a year ago already

[@bananchina8518]

pollyozz omg thats cool 😂😂

[@Pidalin]

I met guy who wanted money for train to Liberec from Prague. There is no train from Prague to Liberec, only with many transfers which makes no sense, people are going by bus there. :-D

[@darknemesis21]

When I was in Germany some girl asked me for money, I gave her just 1 euro but she said we could go to the atm to withdraw more money so I could give her.

[@mossmoss2019]

'WhY donT YOU CALL THEM " I spit my drink, king behaviour

[@ggerely]

Beggars faking it is as old as humanity mate, had a friend of mine who left for Italy in the nineties he told me many stories about begging. Like he could rented the best places, rent a dog or baby for a day..

[@uncleriefcase1425]

I would actually secretly take a picture of the parrot and just leave FREE PICTURES BOIIII

[@MrSkaDan]

Homeless guy in my town broke his leg. Then he kept the cast on after it healed ('cause he was making more money). Then he had to recover from muscle atrophy 'cause his leg deteriorated...

[@momosaku16]

muscle apostrophe? nice one

[@MrSkaDan]

@@momosaku16 lol typo! thx

[@e-volutionplayer3566]

Last one happend to me. 1. never going back there again 2. will never chnage money with strangers again 3. keept the rubish rubel as a reminder

[@Teebone925]

This is more of a scam that will happen happen to shop workers especially during the holiday season. When you have a long line of customers someone will cut the line and ask you for change, and they will clearly show you a $20.The scam is a bait and switch, they will show you a $20 but when you give them the change, they only hand you a folded $10 and quickly walk away. The way to catch this scam without calling them a thief to their face is to ask them for the bill first. If they don’t want to give it to you, more than likely they are trying to scam you and they might just walk away, but if they don’t, just calmly insist that you will not make change for them unless they give you then bill first (If there is any tension try to diffuse it with something lite like “don’t worry I won’t go anywhere” or “I’ll place it right here on the counter”). If they do give you the bill, do not put it in your register right away (another scam is when you give them change of a $10 they’ll say “hey I gave you a $20), instead place the bill face up on your side of the counter. That way its clear to everyone the amount your changing. If you do it this way, the worst thing that can happen is you make it difficult for honest people to get change (don’t feel too bad for them, they cut the line after all) the best thing is you get to call out a scam artist and he/she has to do the “walk of shame” out the door as you apologize to your next customer for the delay and explain loudly how that person was trying to scam you. I worked at Starbucks in NYC for 9yrs and this would happen without fail at least once a month.

[@neoxonfire8128]

the 13 dislikes are from the scam artists :P

[@grigorekushnir]

The guy with the bar should just be forced to pay his due in taxes. Problem solved!

[@morphosis7655]

Totally agree.

[@alanswanson1952]

I wonder if you did aposing hands you could hang on. Then it wouldn't want to spin

[@nordvestgaming1238]

@@alanswanson1952 That is the easy way to do it without training for it, but they don't let you do it that way for obvious reasons

[@aleksamladenovic9271]

Here in Belgrade exists a scam that is really really wrong...People would come into trams and buses and claim that they are policemen trying to raise money for a kid with an illness...They would carry a picture of an ill kid and shout that they are from police and raising money...Also there is an woman that would crouch in a weird position and dress as a homeless person and walk barefeet weirdly through buses and trams trying to get some money...she would yell God bless you give me some money so i wouldn't go barefeet and wouldn't starve to death...if you ignore her she would sit on the bus floor in front of you and start to sing and if you move away from her she would follow you and rub off of you..we have seen her with nike air max 90's and good clothes in shopping malls

[@seananon4893]

Here in Texas, there was a group of people dressing like firemen, and standing at intersections with buckets asking for donations to help children in hospitals that had been in fires.

[@nikola-petojevic7294]

That lady in belgrade is very real I saw her in bus every week

[@aleksamladenovic9271]

@@seananon4893 Yeah that is really an unorthodox way of earning money for living...

[@aleksamladenovic9271]

@@nikola-petojevic7294 Ma cesto je vidjam...ima i likova koji saviju nogu nekako cudno pa glume da su invalidi...znam da glume jer su mi ljudi pricali da su ih videli da odvijaju to i otkrivaju nogu i normalno hodaju...

[@nikola-petojevic7294]

@@aleksamladenovic9271 ima neki rom na zemunskom keju sa stakom.sedim u kaficu I dam mu 50 dinara on se okrene uzme staku I hoda normalno

[@Nopf1]

You are doing important work. You educate people about scammers. Take care of yourself!

[@ERCKisAWSM]

I'm a truck driver in the US and somebody tried the ring scam on me in a rest area, thankfully I knew the ring was fake and also never carry cash on me when I'm driving

[@ronaldstarkey4336]

My friend had a bumper sticker that says"caution... driver only carries 40$worth of ammunition... lol

[@mikewinburn]

Fortunately, we weren't scammed in Prague while there. However, as we were carrying photography gear, we were approached by pick-pockets... seemed to be an small organized group hanging around Old Town square outskirts: one person close to the start of the powder tower, and his partner slightly further than old town square. The first guys followed us, called someone and said to look out for the "photography guy". He assumed we were out of ear shot; or wouldn't hear him as it was crowded. However, being from NYC, we're accustomed to such artists. I turned to look into his eyes as he'd been following for several hundred feet- twice, and each time he turned really quickly. When we turned around, he too, turned and continued to follow. . the third time, i turned completely and quickly to go up to him and he quickly turned scurried away the opposite direction. Suddenly this partner came out a few hundred feet later past the square with a cutter/blade of some sort to access the backpack. However, it was just too obvious. I literally pointed to him, walked toward him simply saying, 'dont waste your time'... he looked at me. Pulled out his phone while putting the cutter back in his pocket, then walked away. We've traveled far and wide, and one thing we live by when venturing in well trafficked tourist areas - if you see someone without a backpack and seems to be loitering with no destination in their motion - beware and pay attention. They are likely pick pockets. That bit of info saved us this time to their detriment.

[@matthias8122]

If they don’t carry bags, where do they put the stuff they steal? In their own pockets?

[@mikewinburn]

@@matthias8122 - great question . Remember, these folks work in teams. It goes from the hand of the thief to a partner and quickly away from you. Living here in NYC thru the 80s when theft was rampant, I routinely saw first hand tourists fall prey. The tricks haven’t changed, the teams have only gotten better and larger .

[@OneThousandHowards]

In Italy, specifically Florence, the two biggest and most common scams I’ve seen is a “Kenyan” man (could anything but he claims it) who tries to give you an elephant bracelet and put it on your wrist for you. If they get it on you they tighten so much that it’s very difficult to get off and most likely not feasible in that moment. They try to ask you for money afterwards showing their kids and can get aggressive. Other most popular scam is directly on the city street, where everyone is walking, there’ll be a guy(usually several) who put a bunch of low quality posters on the ground. They do this so tourists will step on them and then the guy and his buddies surround you to extort you for 30 Euros. They can also get pretty aggressive, what they’re doing is very illegal but if the police come they just scoop up the posters and walk away before the police can make it.

[@nicolaidepue3970]

Where I live scammers often come to your door and try to get you to welcome them into your house. Sometimes you don't even know that you are welcoming them into your house.

[@ikept_the_jethryk2421]

That’s one thing I never liked about Santa Cruz

[@battledwarf4294]

That’s why America has guns. “Oh u tryna scam me,(draws 9mm beretta) have a good day😁.”

[@thrym3763]

You live in walachia with vampires or something?

[@nicolaidepue3970]

@@thrym3763 Maybe