The fake monk scam still as popular as ever.

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Re: The fake monk scam still as popular as ever.

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Haha. One of them walked into a restaurant in downtown SHV last week where there were 4 or 5 tables of expats. He got such a warm welcome that he raced out of there and was down the road in a matter of seconds.
Somebody said "Hi, Are you one of those fake monks ?" and it went downhill from there. Very funny. Never seen a "monk"move so fast.
He wasn't one of the two monks in the photos though, so he might be still around.
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Saw one today on street 172. Was trying to run the scam of "you have the bracelet now you must pay" on a young couple. I told them to just give it back and told him to piss off or I would call the cops. He left quickly. =@
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I was approached by one a month or two ago in Chbar Mon, of all places. I have no idea what he was doing there, as they never seem to approach Cambodians, and Chbar Mon isn't exactly a tourist hotspot.
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