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    Oludeniz, TurkeyWhat is a Dream Vacation? It’s a masterpiece of Travel Wizards, the kind of vacation that you enjoy so much, you speak about it years and years after coming back. You enjoy every second of every minute of every hour of every day. You take lots of photos, dance like a dervish on the streets and charge yourself with enough energy to last you for a year or two.

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    Travel Scams 202: The Evolution of Deceit

    You’ve most likely been warned about pickpockets, drink spiking, and conniving tuk-tuk drivers. However, new and increasingly more creative scams seem to keep popping up on the backpacker trails everywhere. We’ve highlighted some of the latest scammer tricks and trends, and how to handle them safely while they are happening.? ??????????????

    The

    Bogus Doctor Scam

    Relatives of overseas travellers are being contacted by bogus doctors and hospital staff claiming their family member has been injured and asking for money to be sent for medical treatment. In this new scam, relatives

    are contacted by phone, email or SMS text messages and given contact details of

    where to send the money that will pay for the treatment of their supposedly injured

    loved one. In reality, no one is in hospital, the details are their personal

    accounts – and if you panic and act on their request, you will be out a large

    sum of money.

    How to avoid this scam – You should share your

    insurance policy details with friends or family before leaving. If they can’t

    get through to you, then at least they can get through to the emergency assistance

    number and they can contact the person who is claiming someone is injured.

    How to stay safe when it’s happening – If you are the friend

    or relative of a traveler and receive such a call, it advised to hang up and

    call the hospital or doctor back – but only through a publicly advertised

    number such as the yellow pages or other reputable directories. Do not use the

    contact details the potential scammer has sent you or the organization’s

    contact details given by the person requesting the information.

    The Gems

    Scam

    Gem scams are the most prolific and website forums are

    littered with stories of travellers who thought they were buying rare,

    ‘illegally smuggled’ Burmese gems at a fraction of the cost. Soon they find out

    that their polished gems are polished glass and worthless and the shop they

    bought from, was not an official government gem store and is no longer there.

    Worst still are those travellers that choose to pay up front on the belief that

    the ‘precious gems’ will be sent home, but alas nothing arrives in the mail.

    How

    to avoid this scam
    – As a rule of thumb, if the price appears

    to be too good to be true, it probably is! Thai people may sometimes be poor by

    Western standards but they are not stupid (that goes for market traders

    everywhere). You’ll be interested to know that there are no jewellery or gem

    shops that are owned, operated, or sponsored by the government in Thailand.

    How

    to stay safe when it’s happening
    – As with the tailor scam,

    you’re unlikely to be at risk from a personal safety viewpoint. Golden rule, do

    not, under any circumstance agree to follow a street vendor to a gem store

    that’s ‘just around the corner’, you may well end up being mugged in a back

    alley!

    The

    Gambling Scam

    A traveller is approached on the street by a friendly local who

    invites you for a drink at their house. After nice meal a friend or relative

    arrives and lets them know of a card game happening later that day with some

    inside tips on how they can cheat and make some easy cash. The ‘mark’ turns up

    for the game, is allowed to win a few hands but then starts losing and is

    bankrolled by that friendly person they met on the street, who cooked them such

    a lovely meal. You see where this is going?

    Suddenly the new-found friend is not so friendly and

    wants that money back and now. Generally under the threat of violence, they end

    up cashing their travellers cheques or clearing out their ATM.

    How

    to avoid this scam
    – Just be cautious when accepting the warm

    hospitality that locals may display that you’re not being coerced into

    something other than a terrific meal. Trust your instincts if you’re not

    comfortable. Better to risk offending than your personal safety.

    How

    to stay safe when it’s happening
    – of all of the scams this

    is the one that has the most amounts of reported threats of violence. If you do

    find yourself stuck in this situation, and I hope not after reading this,

    comply with your attacker. If you’re essentially being robbed at knifepoint,

    the safest course of action is to hand over the money. Personal safety has to

    come first.

    The

    Tailor Scam

    A classic scam involving promises of the finest Kashmir

    suits, made to perfectly fit, paid in advance. Two days later your clothes

    arrive at your hotel, and low and behold the material does not seem to be the finest

    Kashmir and the fit is suitable for an 8-year old. Not to worry, the tailor

    comes to your hotel to measure for adjustments and tells you the dodgy material

    is just being used to get the fit right. Promises of delivery are made, ensuring

    that you’ll have them before your flight leaves. Sure enough 30 minutes before

    you have to get on a plane, they arrive. The same ill-fitting, poor material

    rags you saw the day before. Too late to chase them down, home you go with

    what’s now a pretty worthless outfit.

    How

    to avoid this scam
    – This is a tough scam to avoid, given the

    relatively hit & miss results travellers have experience when getting

    tailored suits in Thailand. One suggestion is to bring your own material and

    research online for those tailors who are well regarded by other travellers.

    How

    to stay safe when it’s happening
    – You’re generally not

    going to be at risk from a personal safety viewpoint when it comes to this

    scam, aside from the rogue tailors pin when measuring up. Our advice to best

    avoid this particular problem is to only use tailor who have a shop or factory

    and to arrange fittings there.

    For more information and tips on popular scams check out:

    Travel Scams 101

    Scams – the advanced course

    Have you been the victim of a travel scam? Share your story.

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