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Tourist Scams

Know the game

Tourists are targeted by scam and rip-off artists everywhere in Europe. If you know the games (spilling the mustard, bus 64 in Rome, and so on), you're less likely to be a victim. By sharing the latest scams (and learning from each others' mistakes) we'll all travel more safely.

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Chip and Pin machine issue Torrevieja Spain
jayhamps 9
ATM and credit debit card advice
jayhamps 14
Strangers
jayhamps 17
Is this the best scam topic.
jayhamps 27
What is a scam?
jayhamps 31
Sound familiar
jayhamps 16
Air BnB new user question / concern
jdm1dfw 12
Chase Sapphire Foreign Exchange Rate
jeansn6 17
Eiffel Tower Scam
jehb2 7
Big Bus Tours
Jennylake 9
Paris Metro fine
jerund 32
Anti-Theft Crossbody Purse vs. Cavita Day Pack in Italy
jhbytheseashore 21
Sigh....debit card hacked
jillmc 37
Being Pickpocketed - If I knew then what I know now.
Jim 40
Naples pickpockets
Jim H 17
Fake-Alaska Airline scam
jjgurley 22
Ah the guys with flowers
jkc 9
Toll Booth Highway Scam Barcelona
joannemcauley43 6
Leonardo Da Vinci's Last Supper scam
joe 7
Parking tickets.... in Edmonds! oh the horror of it all
joe32F 18
Pickpocket Paranoia
joefackler 1
Pickpocket Paranoia
joefackler 22
be careful of restaurant double charges where they claim they've "reversed" the first...
John 13
tell merchant to charge you in Euros
John 23
Travel Documents
johnna 5
Tourist Scams in Ireland?
Joseph 14
Naples Circumvesuviano Train Ticket Alerts
Joseph 10
Be warned re Monastery Stays, the booking agency for this site charges 20% booking fee!!
JS 17
Debit/credit card skimming-warning
jules m 34
Hertz - rentalscar.com scam
julio.villafu... 3
New scam or old one?
jvsarna 35
AirBNB in Paris: Changing of hosts and reviews; my red flags went up everywhere!
Ka 5
Travel with passport or leave in hotel?
kacikohlhepp 47
Pickpocketed-and happy about it!
Karen 60
Apartment rental scam
Karen 2
Money belt safety and TSA
Kathi H. 36
Scams: descriptions all in one place!
Kathleen 9
How does one file a claim for items stolen while passing through airport Security (in...
kayakfit 27
Issues with Booking.com
KB 4
Airport Duty Free Shopping
kb1942 13
What is the meaning of Prague (Praha)?
kb1942 11
Robbed at Rome Termini Train Station
KC 35
learn to read numbers in Europe...
KC 6
Do thieves know about your money belt?
KC 21
pickpocketing experiences
KC 19
Careful while buying train tickets in Rom
Keith 3
Paris Scams.....
Ken 29
The darker side of pickpockets.....
Ken 10
Some poetic justice for thieves.....
Ken 0
A new type of European scam against Europeans.....
Ken 10