Aloe vera
Aloe vera

Aloe Vera scam in Jamaica

Last updated on 29 Apr 2019
Jamaica

How it works:

  • Opening: someone beckons you to see an aloe vera plant. You come over, she breaks a piece of it, shows the gel coming out of it and hands it to you.
  • Set-up: a fee is then demanded. Next, her accomplice then takes the plant and squeezes gel out to rub onto you. Another fee is then demanded.

Places to beware:

  • Negril: Negril Lighthouse

What to do:

  • Decline.
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