What scam 1. Winning trap
After spending in the jade shop in the scenic spot, the tourists were told by the clerk that the invoice won the first prize. They can choose the more expensive jade in the shop, but they have to pay thousands of dollars for processing, which is equivalent to buying jade at a high price, but people often believe that they really won the prize. Don't be too happy! ! !
Countermeasures: 1, don't believe that pies will fall from the sky; 2. Ask the merchant for a formal invoice to confirm whether you won the prize.
2. Fakes are really sold
Jade, tea and silverware are common "local products" in many scenic spots, and there is a lot of profit space. There are many tourist attractions in Yunnan that sell fakes as genuine products, and there are not a few phenomena that tourists are cheated because of their lack of professional identification ability. They often buy fakes at a price several times higher than the actual price.
Countermeasures: 1. Learn simple identification knowledge of jade, silverware and tea to avoid giving criminals an opportunity; 2, don't easily believe the flicker of the shopping guide; Don't take chances, be greedy and cheap.
3. Not worthy of the name
Tourist attractions are nominal and not worthy of the name, which is a common problem in many well-known scenic spots in China, including those in big cities. Many scenic spots attract tourists with marketing gimmicks such as 5A scenic spots and literary models, but the appreciation and playability in the scenic spots are really low.
Countermeasures: 1, introduce the corresponding scenic spots before going out, and refer to the comments of netizens in many ways; 2. Don't believe the name of the so-called "5A scenic spot".
4. High-priced food
In recent years, there have been frequent incidents of "slaughtering customers" in various places, and what is worse is the catering field, such as Sanya Zhakemen. Shopkeepers use vague words to deceive consumers by passing on details of prices and consumption. Until the checkout, the consumer shouted "cheated".
Countermeasures: 1. Understand the consumption details with the merchants, such as whether the fish is sold by the catty or by the strip, and whether there is a minimum consumption; Write down the telephone number of the local consumer association and ask for help if necessary.
5. Shanzhai attractions
Local drivers and black tour guides take advantage of tourists' unfamiliarity with scenic spots and routes, deliberately confusing the names of real and fake scenic spots to attract tourists to visit fake scenic spots. Ticket prices are comparable to those of real scenic spots, and tour guides and drivers get kickbacks from them.
Countermeasures: 1, don't listen to the black tour guides and drivers casually; 2. Plan the route of the scenic spots before going out.
Overseas travel articles 1. Accommodation scam
The hotel cheated money.
Usually you pay by credit card when you check out. If a waiter asks for extra charges, it is basically a scam. In addition, it is also a scam to receive a phone call claiming to be the front desk in the middle of the night, saying that there is something wrong with the internal system and credit card information needs to be re-entered.
The hardest hit area: the United States
Countermeasure: Hotel expenses must be paid by the credit card registered by the hotel. Other payment methods are not credible, and the "front desk phone" called in the middle of the night can also be ignored.
② Hotel cheating
Hotel attendants in India may stare at women traveling alone, knock at the door at night and say they want to help debug the water heater or air conditioner, but sexually harass them verbally or physically after entering the door.
The worst-hit area: India
Countermeasures: Try not to go to india tourism alone, and it is better to have a companion. In addition, any stranger knocking at the door at night should not open the door casually.
2. Traffic scam
① Taxi
It is common to bypass the meter, but in addition, taxis will be priced by day and night, or refuse to change them on the grounds that they have no change. What's more, they will tamper with the paper money when changing.
Hardest hit areas: Southeast Asia, Europe and other places.
Countermeasures: 1, bring your own change, don't use large bills when paying, and don't give taxi drivers a chance to tamper with them; 2. Do a good job in route navigation to prevent drivers from detouring; 3, insist on playing the meter, the driver refused to play the meter or sit.
② Tuk Tuk car
If you don't negotiate the price with the Tuk Tuk driver before getting on the bus, you will be charged a high fare when you get off the bus, and you can't get off the bus unless you give it. Some drivers will also take the opportunity to promote goods or hotels, and then earn kickbacks from them.
Hardest hit areas: Thailand, Vietnam and other Southeast Asian regions.
Countermeasures: negotiate the price with the driver before getting on the bus, stick to your own route and plan, and don't be fooled by the driver to go shopping.
3. Shopping scam
(1) Cheap scam
When local drivers receive tourists, they will take the opportunity to promote jewelry specialties, claiming that the price is very cheap, and they can earn high prices by taking them back to China for resale. Other stores will take advantage of people's greed for petty gain to attract customers at low prices and sell fake and shoddy goods to tourists.
Hardest hit areas: Japan, South Korea
Countermeasures: Make a clear shopping list before going abroad and have a certain understanding of the price. Be vigilant if the price is too low. In addition, if you are cheated in shopping in Korea, you can complain to the tourism organization (+82-2- 1330) and the tourism association (+82-2-6200-3923/3925).
② High-priced scam
Many private duty-free shops in Japan use passengers' trust in Japan to sell goods at several times higher prices. Milk powder and health care products in Australian gift shops will also have price moisture. In Thailand, there are many fake and inferior products such as herbs and snake medicine, and the prices are several times higher.
Hardest hit areas: Japan, Australia, Thailand
Countermeasures: It is best to check the pricing online when buying, and avoid the duty-free shops concentrated by travel agencies. If you are cheated in shopping in Australia, you can complain to the Fair Competition and Consumer Commission. In addition, supermarkets in Australia also sell milk powder and health care products at low prices and guaranteed quality.
4. Currency and credit card fraud
① Low exchange rate temptation
Some small exchange points attract tourists at low exchange rates, but they use small bills instead of large bills, so they often find that there is less money when they settle accounts.
Hardest hit: Southeast Asia
Countermeasures: trade at a regular exchange point set up by the government, or exchange at a bank's business office. Don't be tempted by the low exchange rate, always be vigilant.
② Credit card theft
Some private gift and souvenir shops will steal credit cards many times and forge false transactions, which are usually difficult for tourists to find.
Hardest hit: Southeast Asia
Countermeasures: Try to shop and use credit cards in gift shops designated by the government. In order to minimize the risk of credit card theft, it is best to use it during bank working hours.
③ Currency exchange (hardest hit areas: Southeast Asia, Zimbabwe)
In Southeast Asia, small exchange points will attract tourists with low exchange rates, but in exchange, they will give you countless small bills on the grounds that they don't have large bills. After careful counting, they often find that the amount is not enough.
Response measures:
1. Change money at the bank or withdraw money directly from the ATM.
2. Don't take advantage! Don't change money on the black market! If there is a problem, you can't call the police, but you are easy to be detained.
④ Credit card fraud (hardest hit: Brazil, Southeast Asia)
Cloning bank cards is very common in Brazil. Fraudsters will insert fake card readers into ATM machines. Once the credit card is inserted, the card information (including the password) will be read and copied.
When shopping with credit cards, some private shops will steal credit cards many times and forge false transactions.
Response measures:
1. Try not to use worn-out ATM machines.
2. Try to use ATM during bank working hours to minimize risks.
3. Insist on swiping your card in person and try to shop in regular government stores.
5. Taxi scam
Hardest hit areas: Southeast Asia, Europe
Even in Europe, where public security is relatively good, some taxi drivers will cheat people.
① Taxi
Common detours, do not want to take a taxi to ask for high fares, use pricing methods during the day and night, and do not give change on the grounds that there is no change.
② Tuk Tuk cars in Southeast Asia.
If you don't negotiate the price with the driver before getting on the bus, you may be overcharged by the driver when you get off. During the trip, the driver will also recommend "value-for-money" shopping stores or hotels to pull you aside and earn kickbacks.
Response measures:
1. Be sure to bring small change when taking a taxi, and avoid using large bills.
2. Check the approximate distance before departure, know the route and time, and avoid the driver detouring.
Get on the bus and let the driver hit the meter. If the driver doesn't agree, you can change cars.
4. Calculate the fare (and tip) when paying, and see the bill denomination clearly.
5. Tuk Tuk, be sure to negotiate the price with the driver before getting on the bus, and be sure to stick to your destination.
6. Shopping scam
① Buy hard and sell hard (hardest hit area: Europe)
Enthusiastic passers-by suddenly hand you something (jewelry), or places with many pigeons (especially Milan Cathedral) hand you pigeon food, and you will be charged a high price after accepting it.
When eating, the menu will be marked with "two copies for sale" in small print, which is generally difficult to see.
Open-air seats in front of the restaurant, even if they sit for only a few minutes, will be charged a high seat fee.
Response measures:
1. Beware of those who offer you warm help before you speak. You'd better go straight away.
2. Don't covet petty advantages! Don't accept anything "free"
Read the menu carefully before eating, and ask the waiter if you are not clear.
② Cheap scams (hardest hit areas: East Asia, India, South Korea)
In East Asia, India and other regions, when taking a taxi, the driver will take the opportunity to recommend and take you to a carpet shop or jewelry store, where the prices of goods are incredibly cheap ~
The phenomenon of shoddy and fake tourist shops in South Korea is endless, and some businesses often sell fake and shoddy goods to tourists.
Response measures:
1. Don't be greedy and cheap! ! ! If you want to buy goods, please go to a regular store to shop.
If the price is too low, please be vigilant!
③ High-priced scams (hardest hit areas: Japan, Australia, Southeast Asia)
Some Japanese private duty-free shops deliberately raise the prices of goods that China people are keen on. Tourists bought the goods without knowing the truth, and later found out the difference, but they were helpless because of the "duty-free goods are not refundable"
Australia's health care products, milk powder, cosmetics and other commodities are very famous overseas, but the quality of goods in gift shops is uneven, and there are also cases of selling fakes.
Fake ointments such as Thai herbs and snake medicine are often sold at high prices, and the quality is not guaranteed.
Response measures:
1. Shop around and check the price online.
2. Australian milk powder, health care products and other commodities are sold in supermarkets, and the quality and price are guaranteed. If you are found cheated, you can complain to the Australian Fair Competition and Consumer Commission.
7. Private travel agency scam
Hardest hit areas: India, Thailand, Africa and the United States.
Hot spots in India, even on the street, people will often talk to you.
Take you to a private travel agency.
① Book hotels and tickets.
These private travel agencies get kickbacks by booking hotels and air tickets for tourists, which are expensive and uneven in quality, and there is no guarantee if something goes wrong.
② Booking other tourism products.
After booking the boat ticket, the travel society sells you other tourism products, and the way of fooling is all-consuming. Near the departure date, the travel agency disappeared, and the money paid will definitely not come back.
Response measures:
1. Tell the waiter directly that you have ordered all the products.
2. If you go to a regular and guaranteed travel agency to book products, you can ask for a travel agency license.
You only need to pay a small amount of cash when booking.
8. Hotel scam
① Cheating money (hardest hit area: USA)
After paying the room rate, it may be a scam to charge extra cash or credit card for room service; It is also a scam to be awakened by the "front desk" phone in your sleep and ask tourists for credit card information for reasons such as the collapse of the hotel's internal system!
Response measures:
1. Hotel fees are paid through official channels or directly at the front desk.
2. Be wary of phone calls in the middle of the night
② Deception (hardest hit area: India)
Indian waiters will stare at women traveling alone, knock at the door at night and ask you to help debug the air conditioner or water heater, and make verbal or physical harassment after entering the door.
Response measures:
1. The hotel door is locked and strangers are not allowed to open it.
2. Please take protective measures (such as wolf spray) when adjusting and maintaining the equipment indoors.
9. A white-hearted scam
① Enthusiastic guidance (hardest hit areas: Southeast Asia, Europe)
In popular scenic spots or busy areas, enthusiastic people often ask you if you are lost, and then they will take you there more enthusiastically, ask you for a tip when you arrive, or take away your property directly.
Someone will ask you where you are going near the Sleeping Buddha Temple in Thailand, then tell you that this place will not open today or close early, and finally take you to shopping places such as jewelry stores.
When you take a taxi to stay in a hotel, the driver will tell you that the hotel you want to go to has closed down and recommend another "good quality and low price" hotel to get a rebate.
Response measures:
1. Stay alert. If someone is enthusiastic about giving directions, please politely refuse. If you really get lost, try to find an official tourist service point.
2. Don't believe that popular scenic spots are closed, you can confirm them online in advance.
3. If the hotel is closed, you can call and try to book a regular and guaranteed hotel.
② Pick-up scam (Europe, Africa)
Traveling abroad, a boy may meet a girl and invite her to a nearby bar for a drink, only to find that the girl is gone, leaving only a high bill when checking out.
Countermeasures: Don't talk to strangers easily, let alone go to high-end entertainment and consumption places with strangers.
10. Outdoor project scam
Worst hit: Southeast Asian islands
① The agent is unreliable.
Hot air balloon paragliding, if you find an unreliable intermediary, you may pay the full amount, but you have not booked the project you want to play. Some agents will transfer tourists to companies with little reputation and poor security on the grounds that the other company is full.
(2) projection tool trap
When renting motorcycles, bicycles, motorboats and other tools, unscrupulous merchants will blame tourists for the appearance damage and parts failure of these tools and demand huge compensation.
Response measures:
1. Play items are booked through a trusted platform. Make a comparison before booking. Don't take advantage of petty gain. Don't listen to the recommendation of strangers. They are likely to take kickbacks.
2. Before renting tools, check the appearance and performance of tools, confirm with the boss, or take photos as evidence.
1 1. Volunteer/"charity" scam
The hardest hit area: Europe
Popular scenic spots and subway stations in the west often meet "public welfare people" or volunteers with cardboard, many of whom are criminal gangs with fraudulent intentions. If tourists are attracted to sign their autographs, they may be asked for money. If the amount is not satisfactory, they may be surrounded and robbed directly.
Response measures:
1. If you are interested in donating money to non-profit organizations, please go through official channels.
2. If someone asks for an autograph during the trip, please avoid it as soon as possible, and don't be too curious!
12. Railway station scam
The hardest hit country: India
India Port Railway Station is a history of countless travelers' blood and tears.
Not only colorful, but also updated and upgraded in real time.
1 "good people" help buy tickets.
At any time, a "good-hearted person" who is ready to help you buy a ticket will tell you that the last bus to this destination has already left. I suggest you charter a car and ask you for a high fare.
(2) posing as a station worker.
Help tourists buy "more suitable" tickets by helping to buy tickets and paying actively, and exchange tourists' tickets for cheaper tickets to earn the difference at one time. (In addition to India, this method is also common in France and South America. )
③ Locals
The locals will tell you that the ticket window for foreigners is closed today and take you to the private tourist center to buy tickets to earn commissions and handling fees.
(4) posing as an Indian railway worker.
I told you, you must have a boarding pass printed by the foreigner service center.
Pass is the only way to take the bus. The train is about to leave. If you are in a hurry, you can buy one for 195. If you go to the foreigner service center on the second floor of the railway station to print, he will tell you that it is closed today. If you take a taxi to the railway station to print, you will be told that you may miss the train. It is recommended to take an expensive mini.
Buses ... are routines!
Response measures:
1. Book tickets online! ! ! If you need to make an on-site reservation, you must go directly to the government-certified ticket window after arriving at the train station, and don't pay attention to people stopping you ~
As long as you have a passport and visa, you can take the bus without a boarding pass. If you are blocked by a liar, you can go directly to the official consultation center for help.
13. Design a scam
Hardest hit areas: Europe, Thailand, South America
① Duty-free shop
It is common for Bangkok duty-free shops to frame tourists for stealing. After the tourists are arrested, "police" will appear, telling you that you can let them go as long as you pay a fee. These people will collude with the police and share the fees received.
② On the road
Some swindlers will bump into you on purpose and drop your wallet on the floor. You pick it up and return it to him, and he will frame you for moving the money and demand compensation.
Response measures:
1. Choose what you really want to buy in the duty-free shop and try to avoid touching the goods in the store.
The swindlers met on the road must refuse and insist on police investigation.