Big Money SCAM Vietnam! Time To Go Home!

[@thaigirlgiftforeignerjoe7774]

Thank you for watching. Please like, share and subscribe. Link to Focus on Asia youtube.com/@FOCUSonASIA13?si=EAwXQgNIfWwHqjAP The New orient Hotel, Da Nang Vietnam maps.google.com/maps/place//data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x3142183c3ddd96c9:0x401752fd3ceb9990?entry=s&sa=X&ved=1t:8290&hl=en-us&ictx=111 The Thai Gift & Foreigner Joe KZbin channel is seen by people from all around the world. We post videos of our journey while living in Thailand and traveling around the world for the pleasure of our audience only. Our content is not meant to encourage/discourage or influence anyone to travel, live, work, marry, retire, rent, buy, build or own a home, land or business in Thailand or any other country for that matter. Our content covers a wide variety of topics including cost of living, travel, food, real life stories, informational videos, homes, condos and land for sale or rent and much more. Our videos are based on our own experience and we do not claim to be, nor are we experts in regards to any of the info that we may share with our audience. It is highly recommended and encouraged to seek professional legal advice, visit official Government websites and fully understand, countries laws, rules & regulations, terms and conditions prior to signing any legally binding contracts. How to support the channel: www.buymeacoffee.com/ThaiGirlGift How to contact us: Facebook: Thai Girl Gift and Foreigner Joe Instagram: snow.gift For info on Tax requirements in Thailand, Check out American International Tax Advisers WhatsApp:[phone] LINE: 0910571270 [e-mail] For Legal assistance of any kind in Thailand, Check out the link to Thai Legal Protection below. thailegalprotection.com?ref=zwexnzy Some of the services provided for just a small monthly fee include Coverage Details: Immigration Issues Insurance Claims Traffic Casualties Business Negotiations Liability Insurance Domestic Disputes International Travel Visa Buying or Selling Your Home Child Adoption Living Will or Last Will Review of Contracts Cyber Crime and More...

[@SamsungAS-qs8si]

My wife and I stayed there it is wonderful

[@mangostickyrice555]

Thumbs up 👍 Gift & Joe…..

[@thaigirlgiftforeignerjoe7774]

Thank you 🙏

[@RickGodwin-d6v]

Great tour of Vietnam Joe. Very informative. After 3 weeks it’s good to be going homes!

[@thaigirlgiftforeignerjoe7774]

Thank you 🙏

[@FOCUSonASIA13]

Thanks as always for the channel plug! Getting scammed sucked but it's just a slight speed bump on the travel road, the journey continues!

[@thaigirlgiftforeignerjoe7774]

Our pleasure! See you and Miss C in January.

[@user-ep3ck5re4o]

@@FOCUSonASIA13 If you have not been scammed - you have not lived 🤨🤨🤨😖😂😂😂😂

[@kevbrown1867]

That 55 dollar hotel looks like 5 star Amazing bargain Some of that gym equipment is Techno gym the best there is Vietnamese are generally very nice but it does have a reputation for scammers so always have your guard up . As a Saigon expat I do the reverse of what you do I go every six months to Thailand absolutely love Thailand nice to go to somewhere half way normal

[@JamesPidkowa]

Once again I loved it Thanks for bringing us along

[@thaigirlgiftforeignerjoe7774]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@iwin8707]

Very informative. Thank you

[@thaigirlgiftforeignerjoe7774]

Our pleasure!

[@KPDigitalTravel]

We still haven't made it to Da Nang. Our next domestic trip is to Nha Trang. You can google that if you don't know where that is. I believe it is closer to Saigon, about 1/3 of the way up to Da Nang. Our friends are planning it so I don't know if it will be before or after our beautiful trip to PKK in January. ❤

[@graemeaylward8313]

So glad that you had a smooth and safe journey home in style. It has been a great trip and I really do appreciate the work that you put in to take us along with you. God bless you all 😀🙏

[@thaigirlgiftforeignerjoe7774]

Thank you 🙏 God bless!

[@sarlina1]

Thank you for all your videos from Vietnam. I have travelled a lot, but Vietnam has never been on my list. So this was really helpful for me, I will visit Da Nang and HoiAn next year for sure. You guys are the best, you are gifts that keep on giving. Btw, I`m sorry about these scams. At least when you exchange money, always count them yourself before you leave the booth, do not trust the tellers. This scam happens in Thailand and Indonesia as well, they are quite clever, and difficult to discover. But insisting on counting it again, the missing money magically appears when they get the money back. Thanks again 😊😊

[@thaigirlgiftforeignerjoe7774]

Our pleasure!

[@billyjohnson9166]

I’ve never been scammed at a money exchange place in Thailand. I’ve exchanged money there for years.

[@PaulCousins-ko3jd]

Sorry to hear about your bad experiences, hope it didn’t ruin your time there, so nice to be able to experience these destinations ❤🍷

[@thaigirlgiftforeignerjoe7774]

Thank you 🙏

[@leifschroder1311]

Hi Joe great videos from your trip to Vietnam. Your son is German and I have a lot of German friends living here in Sweden,great people and expert on beer and sausages 😀

[@thaigirlgiftforeignerjoe7774]

Thank you 🙏 David is German half the time 😄

[@leifschroder1311]

@@thaigirlgiftforeignerjoe7774 😂😂😂

[@carleto9597]

Thanks for the all the videos of Vietnam, all very good. It's not good for them to be scamming tourists, because in the future when people realize it they won't be traveling there much and there hurting there income. So you made it back to Thailand, home again. Have a great day in PKK.

[@thaigirlgiftforeignerjoe7774]

Our pleasure!

[@bobsears3452]

Glad you are back safe.

[@thaigirlgiftforeignerjoe7774]

Thank you 🙏

[@roccoburns8886]

Vietnam is the only place we’ve ever been scammed in fifty years of travelling Asia and your right it does leave a bad taste especially when in our case nearly every time you spend money the person you are dealing with is dishonest.

[@thaigirlgiftforeignerjoe7774]

Wow 😮 consider yourself lucky.

[@beardedtraveleradam]

you should get priority pass thru a travel credit card to hit lounges in bangkok aiport also the one in Da Nang is great free buffet and drinks massage chairs and computer area... All the international airports pass lounges have been great most with showers as well also can get in guests...

[@thaigirlgiftforeignerjoe7774]

Thanks 🙏 for the suggestion. We do have one for Air Asia.

[@sasimayandbruce]

Looks like a great trip.

[@thaigirlgiftforeignerjoe7774]

It was!

[@marcp108]

Unfortunately, airport prices are expensive all over the world. I fly out of Chiang Mai a week or so ago and I think I paid about Aud$10 for a coffee and muffin - lucky they were both every good. In Sydney airport its not unusual to pay Aud $20 for a beer.

[@thaigirlgiftforeignerjoe7774]

There a coffee and muffin would have been $12 USD or more. However in saying this, you are correct airports tend to be more expensive.

[@jamesdinaldesilvaranasingh8678]

Nice content on Vietnam

[@thaigirlgiftforeignerjoe7774]

Thank you 🙏

[@serresfinefood]

Week starting the ninth two years prior to the pandemic and the people were beautiful but I think in time I have woken up to scamming

[@locyentam]

I got scammed right in Bangkok when trying to catch a boat from a floating market back to the city. Tell me if I had or didn't have bad taste in my mouth. I have heard tourists got scammed in Europe and USA as well so what is the difference? Probably when you got scammed in Europe it won't be $20 but hundreds.

[@erikjanse3994]

Hi joe, May I ask, where you book the van going from the BBK airport to Hua Hin?

[@thaigirlgiftforeignerjoe7774]

Here is their phone number here in Thailand 🇹🇭 PH: 0865590990 Mr Jeep. Mention Gift’s name when you call.

[@pepeee548]

I got scammed too in Da nang, in some big shop selling souvenirs, they tried to give methe wrong change and when i noticed, as nothing he gave me my exchange.

[@thaigirlgiftforeignerjoe7774]

Sorry to hear that. Thank you for sharing.

[@anthonycarney7849]

Ur a smart man ❤for 💝 😊😊

[@thaigirlgiftforeignerjoe7774]

🙏

[@anthonycarney7849]

I was telling my dentist about ur trip he wants to go there he heard adout dragon bridge his name is Jodi also enjoyed watching ur trip😊😊

[@thaigirlgiftforeignerjoe7774]

Thank you 🙏

[@Resmith18SR]

What hotel in DaNang did you stay at with the buffet?

[@thaigirlgiftforeignerjoe7774]

www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Review-g298085-d13084590-Reviews-or40-New_Orient_Hotel-Da_Nang.html

[@my-smalltowns]

To bad about the scam. These guys are so slick about it. Like you say the amount was not to bad in dollars but for them must have been a lot.

[@thaigirlgiftforeignerjoe7774]

🙏

[@ZYLONZA]

Hello Joe and Gift, welcome home, no scammers at your home, only freeloading monkeys swimming in the pool, lying on the loungers, cooking BBQ and the things they were doing in your bed can not be said here 😮😮😮 All good now, I threatened them with Slim Whitman- When I'm calling you and they all ran away,😂😂😂. Rest, Revive, and Regenerate. Great video, sad about the scams but great adventures. 10 / 10 Keep Well, Stay Safe, my friends.

[@thaigirlgiftforeignerjoe7774]

Thank you 🙏

[@sarkantraveling4763]

You go the wrong place brother time to come back Thailand 🇹🇭 home always here in Thailand

[@thaigirlgiftforeignerjoe7774]

No matter where in the world, scammers will be out there. In saying that, we are happy to be back at home in Thailand 🇹🇭

[@sarkantraveling4763]

@@thaigirlgiftforeignerjoe7774 Kue Ra Ku Thai 🕊️

[@johnnybgood3724]

There are scammers everywhere...Italy, Vietnam, Mexico, Laos, Thailand, Spain, USA and many more..

[@lillianrosbottom7366]

Lovely hotel

[@thaigirlgiftforeignerjoe7774]

It really was.

[@Climate_Hoax2024]

Won't the hotel do money exchanges so you don't have to go to the street? Really pisses me off and ruins a trip when people work so hard to scam you.

[@thaigirlgiftforeignerjoe7774]

We were staying in an Airbnb at the time. I agree ☝️ being scammed could ruin the trip.

[@matze8531]

@@thaigirlgiftforeignerjoe7774 May be it's to use an 🏧?

[@Climate_Hoax2024]

@@thaigirlgiftforeignerjoe7774 ahhh ok. The world has changed for the worse and it seems like you can never again leave the house without looking over your shoulder and constantly being on guard. Thieves are everywhere looking for the next victim.

[@rossjurecka5372]

You can get scamed even at the airport by customs, and refused entry over a little thing , no problem. Always have some cash for the bribes .....😮

[@CJINPARADISE]

Sorry you got scammed with the money switch. I was in Indonesia and exchanged money and the man switched it too. Looks like you have a verry nice time.

[@thaigirlgiftforeignerjoe7774]

Thank you 🙏 It could happen anywhere.

[@CJINPARADISE]

@@thaigirlgiftforeignerjoe7774 Yes Sir.

[@dennisgonya4500]

I will be visiting my best friend Joe who will be in Hue Hin just north of where you live. He will be there for a few months. I might go there in Feb. I will be there around a week. Wife will not be with me due to so many acting commitments. I might come back to Thailand in March ? I will be scouting places to find old American silver dollars. Hope all is going well with you.

[@thaigirlgiftforeignerjoe7774]

Safe travels!

[@singaporedan1597]

👍👍👍

[@colleenrodamer9497]

Vietnam will never be a place for me. I hope you are safe and you enjoyed your stay. Many blessings from North Texas.❤

[@thaigirlgiftforeignerjoe7774]

Thank you 🙏

[@billyjohnson9166]

We had a bad experience in Vietnam the sellers were very disrespectful at a clothing market. Their prices were quoted ten times what it should be when I said no thanks the lady said you don’t love your wife. My wife was standing there. If I have another bad experience in Vietnam on this trip I’ll never return. We’ve never had this problem in Thailand.

[@billyjohnson9166]

One other thing now that I remember in vietnam we went to metered taxis and asked if they use meter. The taxi driver said yes we got in taxi and he wouldn't turn meter on so I said take us back to airport he wouldn't so I said drop us off here he finally did, we got a grab that took us to hotel. The meter tells the truth otherwise your being overcharged. I hope we have a better experience this time.

[@thaigirlgiftforeignerjoe7774]

Thank you 🙏 for sharing.

[@paultownsend8443]

Name the restaurant I live in Vietnam we need to expose the people Vietnam people are basically really good people

[@thaigirlgiftforeignerjoe7774]

I prefer not to name the restaurant, just want people to be aware that this happened on the beach at a nice restaurant. It could happen anywhere.

[@lacviet8728]

To all the comments on Viet Nam as having too many scams. You guys act as if Thailand is scam free. As soon as you depart the plane in Bangkok, you're a target from the tuk tuk driver to the touts in between! So please spare me the difference in both countries. Scams are everywhere, and they're not just exclusive to one particular country. Viet Nam is beloved by foreigners who lived and worked there. So let's not pretend it's a terrible place to visit.

[@thaigirlgiftforeignerjoe7774]

Thank you for sharing your opinion.

[@Resmith18SR]

Living here in Mexico for decades, retired American, no scams here. 😂

[@thaigirlgiftforeignerjoe7774]

😂

[@PeterC245]

I recently spent 3 weeks in Vietnam, Saigon , Da Nang , La Trang Nice but I won’t be back , Peter Sukhothai

[@thaigirlgiftforeignerjoe7774]

Glad you enjoyed it.

[@darrena5666]

Next time, if you’re paying cash, take a video of you counting it, showing the money on the camera and giving it to the server. You could be nonchalant about it and just act like you’re saying what a great deal it is for all you get.

[@thaigirlgiftforeignerjoe7774]

Great idea! We actually started doing that after we were scammed.

[@andyharwood5575]

Scammed in Vietnam? Say it ain't so!! lol. My wife is Viet, When she's seen with me, they'll try to scam. You ought to see her go off on scammers. But, it is tiring. I have a Vietnamese visa exemption, about $75/5years. So much easier than a Thailand 'O' visa. Guess where we stay? It's not Vietnam. lol.

[@thaigirlgiftforeignerjoe7774]

LOL 😂 I’m assuming Thailand 🇹🇭

[@andyharwood5575]

@@thaigirlgiftforeignerjoe7774 Raining now in Pattaya.

[@gerhardgiedrojc991]

Seriously 😂

[@JamesPidkowa]

First to comment 😅

[@locyentam]

The video's tittle "BIG MONEY SCAM..." and it is $20 scam. Is it a like bait or something like that? Money scam can happen anywhere in the world.

[@keesvanbeugen934]

Every airport in the world is expensive, even Bangkok 🙈🙈🙈🙈🙈

[@janetstotler399]

Not all, you want the Four Season’s, it’s expensive!

[@FOCUSonASIA13]

Don Mueang (Bangkok) airport has regular Thai priced food and has 7-Elevens at normal prices not all are charging outrageous prices

[@thaigirlgiftforeignerjoe7774]

That is correct 👍. In addition, we didn’t ask for the upsizing of our drinks.

[@keesvanbeugen934]

@@FOCUSonASIA13 Don Mueang is the exception, because many Thais depart from here and hosts only low cost airlines

[@mamabear5488]

Does the food after eating it all the time, change your body smell! 🤢 just wandering? Ty!

[@danielcully6047]

Yes it does, smell like you! Wow

[@thaigirlgiftforeignerjoe7774]

No! That would be like thinking if I ate steak everyday, I would smell like a cow 😊

[@rossjurecka5372]

I didn't like Vietnam at all. Even Cambodia is better. Thank God for Thailand ! 😊

[@janetstotler399]

I’m sorry, I could have told you to stay away from Viet Nam, but you would not have believed me!

[@thaigirlgiftforeignerjoe7774]

You are probably right as we love to travel and experience things for ourselves. Next time, I won’t let my guard down and remember, no matter the location there will always be scams around us.

[@locyentam]

If you had told him and if he had believed you he would not have seen what he has seen, experienced what he wanted to and met people he didn't plan to meet. Keep your prejudice to yourself and don't try to stop people from doing what they want to just because you don't like it yourself.

[@gloryglory5688]

Same thing happened to me in Tijuana many years ago

[@thaigirlgiftforeignerjoe7774]

It can happen anywhere.