Common Tourist Scams in the USA - Wolters World
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Date: 2022-02-04
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gatblau1
The I bet I can tell you where you got your shoes scammers in New Orleans are hard core. The last time I was there one of them wouldnt leave me alone. I knew the scam and kept telling him no, and he would walk away then come back and ask me the same question, but each time his voice was more threatening and he would glare at me. After about the fourth time I had to get away from the area since it was obviously escalating.
There was this deaf guy who gave me a card and wanted money on a the bridge in Austin, Texas. When I refused he got all animated and started cussing me out. I thought he was going to attack me for a second there. At first I was pretty shaken and walked away, but after a minute I got angry myself at the shit he pulled and went back and almost got into a fight with him. I dont know if that was part of the scam, maybe claim I attacked him unprovoked or something. Luckily I didnt actually get into a fight with him in the end.
I got the Ill watch your car and make sure nothing happens to it scam in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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The I bet I can tell you where you got your shoes scammers in New Orleans are hard core. The last time I was there one of them wouldnt leave me alone. I knew the scam and kept telling him no, and he would walk away then come back and ask me the same question, but each time his voice was more threatening and he would glare at me. After about the fourth time I had to get away from the area since it was obviously escalating.
There was this deaf guy who gave me a card and wanted money on a the bridge in Austin, Texas. When I refused he got all animated and started cussing me out. I thought he was going to attack me for a second there. At first I was pretty shaken and walked away, but after a minute I got angry myself at the shit he pulled and went back and almost got into a fight with him. I dont know if that was part of the scam, maybe claim I attacked him unprovoked or something. Luckily I didnt actually get into a fight with him in the end.
I got the Ill watch your car and make sure nothing happens to it scam in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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Valbruch
Some sob stories can actually be quite entertaining.
One day while waiting for a bus I was approached by a beggar spinning me a tale about his nightmare divorce, estranged kids and general fall from grace. He was going on for like almost 5 minutes (I knew what was going on the whole time since I was using that station for years.
But he was such a good storyteller that in the end I gave him some money - not for his fabled lawer who was doing his wife during the divorce - but as a reward for an entertainment he provided me with while waiting.
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Some sob stories can actually be quite entertaining.
One day while waiting for a bus I was approached by a beggar spinning me a tale about his nightmare divorce, estranged kids and general fall from grace. He was going on for like almost 5 minutes (I knew what was going on the whole time since I was using that station for years.
But he was such a good storyteller that in the end I gave him some money - not for his fabled lawer who was doing his wife during the divorce - but as a reward for an entertainment he provided me with while waiting.
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Doug
FYI, in Chicago near the train station (this was about 25 years ago, I was approached by two women who appeared affluent. They said they needed $5 for a train back to the suburbs, they had lost their cash and had no cards with them. I told them (truthfully, but to try and get rid of them) that I only had a $20 bill on me, at which point one of the women piped up with Oh, that'll work, I have change. The other woman looked at her like Talking before you think again, huh? I just looked at them, shook my head and walked away. Laughing at the idiots.
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FYI, in Chicago near the train station (this was about 25 years ago, I was approached by two women who appeared affluent. They said they needed $5 for a train back to the suburbs, they had lost their cash and had no cards with them. I told them (truthfully, but to try and get rid of them) that I only had a $20 bill on me, at which point one of the women piped up with Oh, that'll work, I have change. The other woman looked at her like Talking before you think again, huh? I just looked at them, shook my head and walked away. Laughing at the idiots.
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Drizzy
My girlfriend and I were in LA looking at the Chinese theater. There was a group of people in costumes. One grabbed my girlfriend and was like take a picture. So I did being young and impressionable and her being too shy to say anything. I didn't know it was a scam until one of them asked for money so I gave like $10 then they said more so I gave another $10. Then the other one came up to me and got another $20. After the fact I deleted the photos and chalked it up to a $40 lesson. I learned that people won't interact with you for free.
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My girlfriend and I were in LA looking at the Chinese theater. There was a group of people in costumes. One grabbed my girlfriend and was like take a picture. So I did being young and impressionable and her being too shy to say anything. I didn't know it was a scam until one of them asked for money so I gave like $10 then they said more so I gave another $10. Then the other one came up to me and got another $20. After the fact I deleted the photos and chalked it up to a $40 lesson. I learned that people won't interact with you for free.
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Gregg
Man, that where you got your shoes scam. I remember that scam from when I was like 8 over 30 years ago when walking in downtown New Orleans. My dad was like, no thanks to the guy and little 8 year old brain of mine was like He doesn't know where you got your shoes. Can't believe that scam is still happening. At least it wasn't the usual 'scam' of I've got a gun, give your stuff that usually happened in New Orleans back in the 80's growing up there.
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Man, that where you got your shoes scam. I remember that scam from when I was like 8 over 30 years ago when walking in downtown New Orleans. My dad was like, no thanks to the guy and little 8 year old brain of mine was like He doesn't know where you got your shoes. Can't believe that scam is still happening. At least it wasn't the usual 'scam' of I've got a gun, give your stuff that usually happened in New Orleans back in the 80's growing up there.
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Steven
In the hours leading up to the big solar eclipse in August 2017, we were driving north on the smaller state highway north of Cheyenne WY to our viewing spot. We saw several signs saying Park Here for the Eclipse! with prices ranging from $10 to $100. I had a special atlas with me showing the path of totality, and every one of those was outside the path of totality. Anyone using any of those spots would have been really upset!
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In the hours leading up to the big solar eclipse in August 2017, we were driving north on the smaller state highway north of Cheyenne WY to our viewing spot. We saw several signs saying Park Here for the Eclipse! with prices ranging from $10 to $100. I had a special atlas with me showing the path of totality, and every one of those was outside the path of totality. Anyone using any of those spots would have been really upset!
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Matthew
I don't know how common this one was or is, but several years ago on a trip to San Francisco I came across a booth labeled tourist information. After a brief talk I realized it was just someone trying to convince me to attend a time-share presentation nearby in exchange for a free lunch. It may not be that apparent in all cases, but be weary of anything that promises something as compensation for your time.
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I don't know how common this one was or is, but several years ago on a trip to San Francisco I came across a booth labeled tourist information. After a brief talk I realized it was just someone trying to convince me to attend a time-share presentation nearby in exchange for a free lunch. It may not be that apparent in all cases, but be weary of anything that promises something as compensation for your time.
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Mr
Don't let anyone just hand you something. The scam goes like this; you're on the sidewalk and someone tries to put beads around your neck or they made a CD with their song on it. The moment you take whatever they are trying to give you, they will ask you to pay for it. If you try and give whatever they gave you back, they get very mad. Don't let anyone hand you something without telling you what it is first.
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Don't let anyone just hand you something. The scam goes like this; you're on the sidewalk and someone tries to put beads around your neck or they made a CD with their song on it. The moment you take whatever they are trying to give you, they will ask you to pay for it. If you try and give whatever they gave you back, they get very mad. Don't let anyone hand you something without telling you what it is first.
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Sin
The photo scam happened to my Mom and Dad in LA. Was taking a photo and a dude dressed as Darth Vader hopped in the back as a photo bomb. They all laughed until the guy wanted $50 for the photos. He got very aggressive and threatened to get the cops involved if he didn't pay.
They just deleted the photo and told him to piss off. Don't think he expected a Conamara man's directness somehow.
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The photo scam happened to my Mom and Dad in LA. Was taking a photo and a dude dressed as Darth Vader hopped in the back as a photo bomb. They all laughed until the guy wanted $50 for the photos. He got very aggressive and threatened to get the cops involved if he didn't pay.
They just deleted the photo and told him to piss off. Don't think he expected a Conamara man's directness somehow.
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David
In my hometown, I had a guy come up to me and ask for $5. He said he was trying to get to Toledo where he was from. I knew he was full of it. So I told him he'd get the money if he could answer 1 question. So I asked him what are the 2 major interstates that go through Toledo. He had no idea. No money for you. Sure he could have known, and I was fully prepared to give him the money then.
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In my hometown, I had a guy come up to me and ask for $5. He said he was trying to get to Toledo where he was from. I knew he was full of it. So I told him he'd get the money if he could answer 1 question. So I asked him what are the 2 major interstates that go through Toledo. He had no idea. No money for you. Sure he could have known, and I was fully prepared to give him the money then.
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