Theft tricks
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I for sure hope you paid in Riels, and not in USD. Otherwise, on top of this scam, the driver could also make 0.5% on the exchange rate.JUDGEDREDD wrote: ↑Thu Dec 13, 2018 10:31 am One tuktuk driver recently asked me how much I wanted to pay for the journey, turned out I named a price he was happy with and then I've even tipped him an extra 50c for plying his craft so well, have I fallen foul to the legendary scambodia and who should I report this too? I'm hoping there is some sort of admin but for the real world, does anyone know who this might be? Please PM if it's you
Be careful out there people!!!!!
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Omg I'm being treated as a barangkaccount! I knew it!!Kammekor wrote: ↑Thu Dec 13, 2018 10:45 amI for sure hope you paid in Riels, and not in USD. Otherwise, on top of this scam, the driver could also make 0.5% on the exchange rate.JUDGEDREDD wrote: ↑Thu Dec 13, 2018 10:31 am One tuktuk driver recently asked me how much I wanted to pay for the journey, turned out I named a price he was happy with and then I've even tipped him an extra 50c for plying his craft so well, have I fallen foul to the legendary scambodia and who should I report this too? I'm hoping there is some sort of admin but for the real world, does anyone know who this might be? Please PM if it's you
Be careful out there people!!!!!
Slow down little world, you're changing too fast.
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Have you actually experienced any of these, or is this just another episode of Tales from the Coffee Shop/Bar Stool (delete as appropriate)?phuketrichard wrote: ↑Thu Dec 13, 2018 10:27 am
An inexperienced traveler arrives in a town. He gets a tuk tuk to a guest house. He tells the tuk tuk driver he needs change for $100. The tuk tuk driver offers to get change for him. When he comes back he says he was unable to get change, and returns $100. Some time later he realizes that it is one of those fake $100 bills they use for funerals. He is new to town and cant even identify the tuk tuk driver.
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more urban myths....
written by someone trying to impress everyone with his "local" knowledge.
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In all fairness, this exact thing happened to a guest staying me us last year. The only difference was, he could identify the tukkie. We went up and spoke to him and of course he denied it. With no proof, there was obviously nothing we could do.
It does beg the question " who would be stupid enough to give an unknown tuk tuk driver $100 and happily watch him drive off into the distance"?
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Been happening since man first started trading in beads.
"A fool and his money are soon parted"...
"A fool and his money are soon parted"...
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awww, come on, this happens to tourists everywhere, its NOT Cambodian specific
The scams in Europe and New York are run everyday on someone
2. some clueless Barang got a Chinese burn $100 bill an didn't notice the dif.?
been around forever;
3 card Monty
The scams in Europe and New York are run everyday on someone
1. what fool would let a tuk tuk driver out of his site with his $100 billHe gets a tuk tuk to a guest house. He tells the tuk tuk driver he needs change for $100. The tuk tuk driver offers to get change for him. When he comes back he says he was unable to get change, and returns $100.
2. some clueless Barang got a Chinese burn $100 bill an didn't notice the dif.?
been around forever;
3 card Monty
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And the biggest thief of all time is
Who would be so stupid as to give these guys all the money they demand from you and you get promises from them written in the sand.
Spoiler:
Who would be so stupid as to give these guys all the money they demand from you and you get promises from them written in the sand.
Cambodia,,,, Don't fall in love with her.
Like the spoilt child she is, she will not be happy till she destroys herself from within and breaks your heart.
Like the spoilt child she is, she will not be happy till she destroys herself from within and breaks your heart.
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Looks like my image didn't show and I can't edit, so here's a repeat.Kuroneko wrote: ↑Wed Dec 12, 2018 4:37 pmdavegorman wrote: ↑Wed Dec 12, 2018 3:21 pm Don’t know what a lert is but I’ll ensure I become more so when out and about.
Also, that guy is English in a “comedy” about the war. I viewed it shortly and whilst I found the parody of Germans satisfying I didn’t find the joke about the French very funny.
They don’t even sound French when speaking English.
It’s true the French helped out the war fight and saved many “good guys”.
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