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An update on a previous article on holiday scams.
1. Someone spills food on you and then of course tries to clean you up with a napkin. While you are distracted someone else steals your wallet or handbag.
2. This is a variation on the previous scam and one that has been tried on me in Rome and Nice. Someone comes up to you with a map or a newspaper in their hands. As they speak to you in a foreign language they point to something on the paper or map. While you concentrate on understanding what they want their other hand under the paper is busy extracting your wallet or rummaging in your handbag.
3. Taking a late night taxi in a foreign country check your change (paper money) carefully. Make sure it is real money, make sure it is not out of date currency.
4. When arriving at your holiday destination in a taxi, take your bags with you to check in and keep them beside you. Do not leave them in the taxi to be rifled through.
5. Someone near you picks up a piece of jewelry from the ground. They ask if it is yours. Just say no and keep going do not get involved or fall for giving them some money in exchange for the jewelry or sob stories of starving children.
6. A popular one in China is the mother with a number of poorly dressed and dirty children. Mind you these children all seem to have red rosy cheeks and are frequently chubby. Anyway she will obviously beg for money and so will the very persistent children. Do not be fooled the children are usually hired by the day. You can usually tell the genuinely needy who do need your help and are hungry or disabled.
7. In most Mediterranean resorts there will be an abundance of “touts ” They will offer you scratch cards and even if you do not want it they will scratch the card for you. Of course you have won. This involves going to their office to collect your prize. Do not believe a word of it and do not go unless you want to waste half a day trying to escape from the time share sellers.
All of these are current scams which are doing the rounds in various countries. We obviously do not want to put you off travelling but we do want you to be watchful and aware that everyone is not what they seem to be or as honest as yourself or the people you usually associate with. So be adventurous, have a great holiday but keep an eye out for the scammers amongst you.
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