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Bar in South Africa

Drink spiking in South Africa

8 3

How it works: South Africa has one of the highest reported cases of rape, and much of it is due to spiked drinks, with Rohypnol commonly used. Besides sexually assaults,…

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Papyrus making device

Papyrus scroll museum scam in Egypt

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How it works: Opening: your driver recommends and brings you here, or a street tout claiming to be an Egyptologist/head of a Papyrus institute offers to show you how papyrus…

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Camel ride in Giza

Camel and horse (caleche) ride scams in Egypt

8 1

How it works: Opening: Claiming a camel ride/horse ride can help you enter attractions via a secret entrance and save on the entrance fee. Claiming that you can get closer…

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Trekking in Merzouga

Merzouga romance scam in Morocco

8 4

How it works: Situation: This is Morocco’s version of the bedouin romance scam in Jordan. Opening: Targeted at women, “call-boys” at Merzouga will pull out all the stops in wooing…

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Wildebeest migration

Cheap safari tours in Kenya

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How it works: Opening: you may encounter street touts or “beach boys” going by the title “Captain” offering you cheap safari tours. Scam 1: they play on the late entry…

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Taxi in Marrakech

Taxi scams in Morocco

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How it works: Version 1: charging an inflated flat fare instead of using the meter. Version 2: claiming fare is for each person rather than per vehicle; jacking up initially…

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Taxi in South Africa

Taxi scams in South Africa

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How it works: Version 1: official taxis have meters but some may refuse to use it and charge you an inflated flat fare. Version 2: if the meter is used,…

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Medina of Sousse

Familiar face scam in Tunisia

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How it works: Opening (one of the oldest scams in Tunisia): Scammers will approach taxis which drop off passengers to ask the driver from which hotel he picked you up…

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Elephants at Serengeti National Park

Fraudulent tour operators in Tanzania

7 3

How it works: Situation: According to the Tanzania Revenue Authority, only 517 formal firm out of 1,401 tour companies complied with the law in 2018. This means there’s a 63%…

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Oriental, Morocco

Students English practice scam in Morocco

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How it works: You may encounter students who approach you claiming to want to practice their English. Like the tea ceremony scam in China, if you agree, you will eventually…

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