By Roadjunky, Posted Nov 26, 2006
Sections: Travel Scams Intro Jewellery and Gems Drugs Gambling Credit Cards and ATM's Kashmiri Scams Colombia Scams The Best Travel Scam in the World Travel Insurance Traveler Cheques Fakes and Forgery Why Not to Scam
All the travel scams, hustles and cons that you’ll meet on the road.
Wouldn’t it be great if love really did make the world go round? Alas the path of the righteous traveler is set with scams, cons and hustles to leave him high and dry.
On the other hand there are plenty of travelers who don’t mind a dabble in the grey areas of the law. A quick travel insurance scam and they’ve got cash for another 6 months in India.
Scamsters and con merchants are a breed onto themselves, a predatory species that preys upon backpackers, their favourite target being the newly-arrived and disorientated. Without getting too paranoid about it, you’ll save yourself a good deal of money and heartache if you get clued up fast. The ingenious, the immoral and the plain criminal scams are all listed here – read on and and never get conned out of your hard earned traveler’s cheques again.
Alternatively, you might end up becoming a scammer yourself – read the Roadjunky disclaimer...
If you know of any good scam we’ve omitted please drop us a line.
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