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In Thailand, a country of smiles, yes, everything is fine. Even in the metropolis of Bangkok, there is still a very high safety factor and a smile that makes you feel comfortable. But, this is before you meet them, who are cheating on you.

As Chinese tourists begin to flock to Thailand, all the scammers in the country seem to suddenly see business opportunities! Today, I will give you the basic tricks of those Thai scammers on August 18th, so don’t let them cause trouble in your travels.

1 Pretend to be a warm-hearted liar-jewellery store

The scammer’s tricks near the Grand Palace in Bangkok: On your way to the Grand Palace, Wat Pho, Wat Arun, you will encounter someone chatting with you. Ask where you are going and they will tell you that there is an event there that day and they will not be open or they will close an hour before you talk.

When you are hesitant and at a loss, they will point you to other nearby temples and kindly call a tuk-tuk for you, but in the end you find yourself being taken to a jewelry store. inside.

When someone tells you that the destination you want to go to will not be open today, it is good to go and check it out in person to familiarize yourself with the route.

Special reminder: The Grand Palace is open from 8:30-15:30!

2 The pigeon scam outside the Grand Palace in Bangkok

The vendors at the pigeon feeding place near the Grand Palace in Italy stuffed corn kernels into the pigeons when they saw the Chinese and said: Give it, give it.

Don’t answer. If you do, they will ask you for money. Regardless of whether you feed them or not, they will ask for 150B. There are many Chinese people going to the Grand Palace, and there are also scammers who tell you in Chinese that the attractions are not open. Don’t believe it.

3 Encountered a black travel agency

In the Spring Festival of 2014, when traveling in Chiang Mai, Thailand, I met a black travel agency in Chiang Mai, Chiang Mai Hello Chinese Travel Agency, address: Tha Pae, Chiang Mai On the main street outside the gate square to the north, there is a store inside and outside the moat. We have an obligation to tell the truth about such ugly behavior and deeds, so that those who come after us can avoid being deceived.

Real case:

Someone went to Chiang Mai and encountered this shady travel agency! 18 people per day, 18 tickets, order tickets to go to Pai County tomorrow morning. After he didn’t come until 10:30, he unjustly accused tourists of damaging their belongings and demanded compensation. He called the police and Chiang Mai gangsters to threaten tourists! In the end, the tourist called the consulate for help and the Chiang Mai police hotline for help. They only reconciled after showing photo evidence of the order showing that nothing in the store was damaged, but wasted more than 7 hours and delayed the trip!

4 Taxi Scams

The taxi fare in Bangkok is super cheap (starting at 35 baht, 2 baht per 400 meters). In order to increase their income, the vast majority of Bangkok taxi drivers naturally Think about the tourists on the street.

So this is the most common and minor form of fraud, and even strictly speaking, it may not be considered a fraud. Because almost all independent tourists who come to Bangkok will encounter this. Unless you are very good at Thai, know the routes well, or are very lucky, you will encounter honest taxi drivers. Yes, I went to Thailand. I've encountered it too, and I've been tricked. It's so hard to guard against!

Scam method: very simple---take a long way around! You don’t know how to get there anyway!

Main places of occurrence: various places in Bangkok (especially airport taxis and areas with many tourists, such as around Siam, the Erawan Shrine area, Silom Road, Khao San Road, etc.).

Amount of loss: approximately tens of baht to one or two hundred baht each time.

Prevention method: Ask the hotel owner to call a taxi and prepare a Thai address and pictures. It is recommended that you take a taxi with the word METER on the ceiling.

If there is only the word taxi and no meter, you can negotiate the price, but for tourists, try not to negotiate the price with the driver. What you buy is not as good as what you sell. This is a rule that has not changed for thousands of years, especially if you are in Thailand. foreigners.

Thailand taxi drivers refuse to take passengers, don’t use the meter, and take detours to complain. The Thai taxi complaint hotline is: 1584. If you take a photo of the taxi’s license plate before getting in, you can make the illegal driver pay the corresponding price. For example, the public price from Bangkok Airport to the city is about 400B (including road tolls and a 50B surcharge at the airport). If the driver charges more than 400B, he is deliberately deceiving people, so you have to argue with reason~

5 Tuk Tuk Scams

There are often many unscrupulous Tuk Tuk drivers in the area around the Royal Palace and the Emerald Buddha Temple in Bangkok. They will lie to you and say that today is due to some reason (such as royal family members coming, or Interior renovations, etc.), so the palace (or wherever else you happen to be going) is closed for the day today.

But he knows that there is another place nearby. Today there happened to be a senior monk praying for people there, and that building is also a very famous historical site or there is another great art gallery nearby. You can Saw a lot of great historical artifacts there and it can drive you there and stuff like that.

And he also emphasized that he only charges you 50 or 100 baht for the taxi fare, and will never charge you any other dimes. How nice! So you think to yourself: Okay, now that we are all here, wouldn’t it be a pity to go all this way in vain? ? Even if the place he is going to is not very good, at least it is not bad to spend a small amount of money to take a ride in a car. Anyway, he is great and just wants to do more business, right!? So, you unknowingly got into the car with the thieves. !

Next, you may be taken to the so-called eminent monk’s residence, and then just after you kneel down devoutly to receive the eminent monk’s blessing, you find that the mobile phone and wallet you put in your bag are missing!

It is also possible that after being driven to an art gallery (actually a gift or jewelry store selling a bunch of inferior products), he was forced to buy a bunch of junk by a gangster-like clerk there. to leave.

Main locations: Grand Palace, Temple of the Emerald Buddha, Wat Pho, National Museum, Siam Museum and other major places of interest or areas near museums.

Amount of loss: Usually these are the accomplices of the driver and the so-called eminent monks or store owners. Since there are many people sharing the money, of course they will try to defraud (or steal) as much as they can. Therefore, the amount may range from several thousand yuan to tens of thousands of yuan.

Prevention method: Ignore the driver who comes up to chat with you! No matter how kind they look on the outside, or even speak some Chinese, etc., ignore them, let alone get in his car!

6 Water Sports Scams

Going to Thailand for a beach vacation and playing in the water is one of the highlights of many people’s itineraries when coming to Thailand. However, when you choose some water sports (especially water sports) Motorcycles), be sure to choose the store carefully, otherwise you are very likely to be ripped off a lot of money!

Fraud techniques: On famous beaches such as Pattaya and Phuket, which are full of tourists all year round, you can see various water activities (such as jet skis, parasailing, bananas, etc.) being sold everywhere. ship, etc.) merchants.

However, there are many unscrupulous businesses who, after you rent a jet ski, secretly send someone to follow you on another one), just as you are happily riding in the sea. , the jet ski driven by this person will pretend to accidentally bump into the car you are driving, and then leave quickly as if nothing happened.

Of course, you must have thought it was nothing on the spot. It was just a light touch. What does it matter? What's more, the way he looked didn't mean it. So, when you happily ride the jet ski and return it to the boatman, the fun begins.

The boatman began to carefully inspect the entire car body to see if there was any damage on any side? Then he suddenly pointed at the place where you were accidentally bumped and said, "The paint is peeling off here, so we have to pay 30,000 baht." At this time, you didn't feel sorry for it. When you took a closer look, you found that the place he pointed to was really there. There is a scratch of about three centimeters that is really invisible unless you look carefully.

So you said: "Someone accidentally bumped into me just now, not me!" "Okay! Then find that person! If you find him, you don't have to pay!" The boatman began to show a fierce expression, and you finally realized: I have been cheated! Then you asked him: "It's such a small scratch, why is it so expensive!?"

"Because as soon as the paint peels off, the entire jet ski needs to be repainted, otherwise just repairing one piece will If it looks ugly, customers won’t want to rent it, and I won’t be able to do business. Moreover, jet skis are not like ordinary motorcycles. One costs hundreds of thousands, and the price of repainting is naturally several times more expensive. Times." While talking, he took out the contract you just signed and said, "Look, it's clearly written in black and white. If there is any damage, you must pay for it according to the price!" (Basically, all water activities are covered by the contract. The boat operator will ask you to sign a simple contract when you rent a jet ski, just like you would when renting a car)

Next, you will have to beg hard, and the other party may also pretend to be kind. A total of 51 million. As for how much money you have to spend to eliminate disasters in the end? That depends on your luck and the other person's kindness.

Main places of occurrence: Pattaya, the seaside of Phuket Island.

Amount of loss: Usually around 10,000 to 20,000 yuan, depending on whether you look rich and easy to bully in the eyes of these boatmen.

Prevention methods:

1. If you have a tour guide, ask your tour guide to help you find a trustworthy boat operator, and let the tour guide help you negotiate and pay for it. There will be problems.

2. If you don’t have a tour guide by your side and your skills in driving a jet ski are not very good, it is recommended that you ask the boat operator to send a beach boy to sit in the back seat and take you on the ride (usually a reliable boat operator Everyone will definitely agree. If they don’t agree, then you will understand), so even if something goes wrong, it won’t be your problem.

7 Massage Scams

In busy alleys near some hotels and with many tourists, managers pretending to be massage parlors often come out to promote business in person, saying that he is the person in front of them. The manager of a certain massage parlor, because there are relatively few customers today, he personally came out to promote business. I hope you can support me. And usually it costs 500 per person per hour, but today it’s 250 per person per hour.

When he arrived at the door of the store, the manager said: 500 baht per person for two hours will be paid to him in advance, and he will go back to the place where he was just now to continue soliciting business. At this time, you think to yourself: Anyway, you have to pay the same amount if you pay first, and it is already at the door of the store. The masseur inside has also seen me paying him, so there must be no problem!

But just when a group of you enjoyed a comfortable Thai massage and were about to pat your butt and leave, the proprietress of the store appeared and said: "500 per person per hour, please pay. , thank you! ”

But I already paid your manager before I came in! "Manager? Who? We don't have the manager you mentioned in our store!" At this time, you pointed to a masseur next to you and told the landlady: "She saw it, she saw that I took two thousand yuan He paid for the four of us!" At this time, the masseur said innocently: "I thought he was your friend or tour guide! I didn't know him at all, how did I know you paid him? What kind of money does he have!" At this point, you and your group finally realized: you have been fooled!

The main place of occurrence: in some lively alleys with many tourists along the Sukhumvit Road MRT in Bangkok.

Amount of loss: 500~1,000 baht per person.

Prevention methods:

1. Choose a massage parlor with a greater reputation and a larger scale.

2. Never pay attention to any stranger who comes to chat with you.

3. Pay at the counter of the store.

8 Adult Show Scam

This type of fraud has appeared in Thailand for a long time. For more than ten years, this kind of deception not only still exists, but it is still tried and tested repeatedly. Wushi still hears of friends or tourists being cheated because of this.

Alas, it can only be said that the appeal of adult shows is too great!

This is what the famous table tennis show is about. At night, there are people selling and handing out leaflets to you almost everywhere in Patong Bar Street!

The main place of occurrence: the area near Patpong Night Market.

Amount of loss: several thousand yuan to around 10,000 yuan

Prevention methods:

1. Never go to stores above the second floor---Patpong As long as there are shops on the first floor in the night market, whether it is A Go Go Bar, a ladyboy bar, or a gay bar, they are basically run in a decent manner, and the door is right on the road, so people come and go, and they don't dare to mess around.

2. If possible, try not to watch adult shows in Bangkok --- Frankly speaking, adult shows in Bangkok are really not very good to watch, and sometimes they can even make people feel sick.

It is recommended that you go to Pattaya. Pattaya has several well-known and decently run adult shows (such as Big Eye). From the venue, content design, to the quality of the performers, etc., the standards are better than those in Bangkok. The adult show is much higher and definitely worth your time to see!

9 Bar girls and street-blocking girls scam

It is an indisputable fact that Thailand’s sex industry is developed. Whenever the lights come on, many famous red light districts and bar streets, bar girls, street-blocking girls, Women, tourists, and romance seekers are interspersed among them, making it very lively. Of course, most of the girls in special industries are just trying to make a living, but there are still a few who want more!

These street-blocking girls with evil intentions will secretly drug the drinks after negotiating the price with the customers and returning to the hotel, and then rob you of all your belongings while you are unconscious. , walked away. When you wake up, you find that the building is empty and both people and money have been lost! (Maybe you'll pass out before you lose anyone). Therefore, this is the worst and most dangerous of all scams!

Main places of occurrence:

1. Bangkok: Patpong night market, NANA red light district, soi cowboy red light district, roadside bars in some lively alleys on Sukhumvit Road.

2.Pattaya: Beach Street, Walking Street red light district.

3. Phuket: Patong Beach Street bar gathering area, etc.

The amount of loss: depends on the total amount of all the belongings you had on that day. Basically, they will not let go of cash, credit cards, jewelry, watches, mobile phones, etc., and they will not keep any of them. It would be good if they can leave a set of clothes for you to go out and report the crime.

Prevention method: Don’t take any girl from a roadside bar or someone who actively approaches to strike up a conversation back to your room

Recently, please remember: that is the Thai Tourist Police Service Special hotline: 1155. If you really fall into a scam next time due to a moment of negligence, and you don’t have any Thai friends to call for help, you can pick up your phone and dial 1155 directly to ask the tourist police for assistance. However, this dedicated line can only communicate in English or Thai, and there is no Chinese service!

Thailand is a big tourist country with good security, and most Thai people are quite gentle and kind in nature. However, after all, there are too many tourists here every day, and it is inevitable that there will still be some bad elements with evil intentions. Make a living by defrauding tourists of their property.