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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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Message for chemoso72
TheOtherKathy 0
Mexico police robbery and trip interruption
BostonGuy 8
MonasteryStays
Sandy 16
Money Belt:
davecrow 6
Money Belt Alternative
Bon voyage! 16
Money belt plus small purse?
phylliscountr... 33
Money belt safety and TSA
Kathi H. 36
More fake airline sites
Allan 12
More to Final follow-up report -- Denver travel agent's sentencing hearing.
TheOtherKathy 32
Multiple credit cards compromised
emg823 11
Museums in Florence Italy
pjg1309 8
Naples
ksbeck321 13
Naples Circumvesuviano Train Ticket Alerts
Joseph 10
Naples, Italy Taxi Scam
sbland3829 7
Naples pickpockets
Jim H 17
Never ending claims of traffic violations with no proof
michael 17
New ATM scam
phred 11
New ATM selfie stick scam
T. 12
New bank ripoff
Philip 9
New measures for crime prevention at termini
Nicole P 5
New method for fake phone numbers on legitimate websites
RobertH 5
New pickpocket target
Bob 20
New scam or old one?
jvsarna 35
New to me scam in NYC
stan 3
Nice: pickpockets on escalators
Elizabeth 4
NiteIze S-Biner Microlocks
Ronald W 3
Ok, I'll fess up. No money belt.
Anne 69
OPSEC / The Ignorant Americans Operational Security On Vacation
Guy In Upper... 38
Outraged honeymooners stuck with $570 bill for ‘a quick snack’
Mary 12
Paris and digital camera
paulsbrawner 12
Paris during Euro 2016
robertsonxashley 18
Paris Metro fine
jerund 32
Paris Metro Make Up Scam
bprowse2 19
Paris Metro Scam
Gary 14
Paris Metro ticket purchase help
Phil 3
Paris new scam alert- spilling beggar
meganlinda 8
Paris Pass by go city - Stay Away and do not buy
damonherron 6
Paris Scams.....
Ken 29
Paris taxi scam
nbraymond79 12
Paris taxi/uber rip off
Carolyn 18
Paris Train Pickpocket in Training
wuscjim 39
Parking tickets.... in Edmonds! oh the horror of it all
joe32F 18
Passport and Credit Card
Sandy Chen 17
Passport on me? or in hotel room...??
eclectica9bay 46
Passport with us or in hotel?
skgraves0918 34
Pedestrian Rue Sainte-Catherine in Bordeaux, France?
avirosemail 5
Pick Pocet article, The Atlantic, May 2019
bogiesan 9
Pickpocket concerns in Vienna, RS Adriatic Tour
eunheejd 18
Pickpocketed-and happy about it!
Karen 60
Pick pocketed, by an old scam
paulawilsonpsl 20