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40 Tourist Scams to Avoid This Summer

CarolF

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Scams to watch out for include cashiers surreptitiously taking mobile phone photos of your cards and having a "baby" thrown at you as a distraction technique. Tourist scammers and pickpockets take advantage of weak laws and law enforcement, thereby allowing them to effectively operate indefinitely while nothing is stopping them.

http://mashable.com/2014/07/22/common-tourist-scams/
 

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Thanks for this, I can't wait to have someone throw a fake-baby at me now

I'll just let it hit the ground and walk off
 
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