The more you travel, the more you will encounter a variety of experiences of being cheated. Whether it is domestic or foreign, businessmen will always think of all kinds of ways to pit tourists. The major tourist cities, there will be a variety of different scams. Not everyone is willing, or willing to pay for these scams. What you can do is to avoid these things from happening to you.
First of all, I'm not trying to discredit any city here. I just want to describe some of the "money pit" tactics that I have encountered and seen myself.
Cheat Case 1: Times Square
First of all, let's make it clear that earning money through one's own labor isn't a crime. However, I personally believe that these "performance type" behavior, and should not be mandatory "reward". Or the amount of the reward should be based on the viewer's evaluation.
There are two main types of "performance" in Times Square.
Photos with cosplayers street talent showsThe first, before traveling from Orlando to New York. I was warned about it by a friend, and there is a similar "technique" on Hollywood Boulevard in Los Angeles. There are a lot of "performers" who dress up as celebrities or movie characters and take pictures with people on the street. Many people may think that it's okay to take a picture with them. However, when you take a picture with a cosplayer, you'll have to pay a fee. You're going to have to pay for the photo.
Seasonal $20, thanks boss.
The second, a group of street performers, the Black Brothers, would perform in a small open space. The classic, and the one that got me this time, was the performance of a group of black brothers, whose zodiac sign is kangaroo.
Simply put, their showmanship is vaulting. Various bounces and a mix of street dance routines. The final act is a "bare-legged" jump over a large audience. But they will keep on grinding and lowering their exaggerated claims for a long time. Then he will look for "volunteers" (I prefer to say "prey") in the audience. They are "honest" and tell the audience that they are "asking for a reward". The "volunteers" who were approached basically didn't even have a chance to say no. The black brothers called out seven or eight people, and in the end, only let four people bend over and let them jump over.
Be a good boy and send $20 if you get called up.
Scam Case 2: Hollywood Black Brother Acoustic AlbumIn Los Angeles on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, inexplicably stopped by a black brother. He greeted me as a street singer and rap artist and pulled out his "solo acoustic album". That's right. This is another classic scam - a rap CD that's not even remotely close to the level of a sing-along. You'd have to pay at least $20 to the "singing artist" for one of these CDs if you hooked it up by hand.
If you're unlucky enough to pick up his CD, it could be as little as $20, or as much as $20 for his manager, fans, bosses, producers, etc. to come out and start dissing you. Then it might not be something that can be solved with 20 dollars. And when we say $20 here, it's just the minimum spend, which basically screws you out of more than $20.
And I definitely refused the first time it happened to me, but I didn't realize he had a hand in it. When he emphasized several times that the CD was going to be free for me, I had no choice but to think about taking it, or else it would be annoying to keep following you. Before giving it to me, he even happily thanked me for appreciating his music and said he would sign the cd. Turns out the cd was free and the autograph extravaganza was 20 dollars thank you.
There were 10,000 alpacas running around in my heart at the time, and since it was the first time I encountered this kind of thing, I wouldn't have been able to deal with it, so I ended up paying 10 dollars for it.
Case 2: Mexico driving speeding fines
A few years ago and friends went to the famous vacation paradise - Cancun, Mexico. Because of the pleasant scenery there, and cheap car rental, so decided to rent a car driving tour. From downtown Cancun to the pyramids need to drive about an hour, along the highway between the national highway and highway in our country. The road suddenly appeared a Mexican "traffic police" (actually do not know if it is, look at the uniform like) stopped our car, first said to check the documents, tricked me into putting my driver's license and translation of the rental car documents and other information to him. The first thing you need to do is to get the driver's license from the local police station.
It's a good thing that I'm not a big fan of the new technology, because I'm not a big fan of the new technology, but I'm a big fan of the new technology. The first time I saw the car, I was in the middle of the car, and I was in the middle of the car, and I was in the middle of the car, and I was in the middle of the car, and I was in the middle of the car and I was in the middle of the car. The first time I came to Mexico, I didn't know the rules, so I thought I'd just give you a little bit of a break.
The more I think about it afterward, the more wrong, obviously should not have been speeding, and in front of the two white couples driving faster than us (driving an antique car impressed), why only stop us? And suspiciously, are traffic fines negotiable? A speeding fine of $200 is that much?
Scamming no doubt, specializing in Asian faces, they don't dare offend the US!
SummaryThe scammers are all over the place. It's a phrase that really sticks in your mind.