Did you meet this tour guide on your trip to Thailand?

In a smiling country like Thailand, yes, everything is fine. Even in a metropolis like Bangkok, it still has a very high safety factor and a comfortable smile. However, this was before you met them.

As tourists from China began to flock to Thailand, all swindlers in this country seemed to see business opportunities at once! Today, today, I will tell you the basic skills of those Thai swindlers in August 18. Don't hinder your trip because of them.

1 posing as a warm-hearted liar-jewelry store

Cheating methods of swindlers near Bangkok Grand Palace: On your way to Li Ming Temple, a reclining Buddha temple in the Grand Palace, someone will accost you and ask you where you are going, and then they will tell you that there are activities there that are closed on the same day or closed an hour before your conversation.

When you are at a loss, they will guide you to other temples nearby and kindly call you a tuk-tuk car, only to find that you have been taken to a jewelry store.

When someone tells you that your destination is closed today, just check the familiar route yourself.

Special reminder: the opening hours of the Grand Palace are 8: 30- 15: 30!

Pigeon scam outside Bangkok Grand Palace

Vendors who feed pigeons near the Italian Grand Palace, seeing China people, stuffed corn kernels and said, Here, here.

Don't answer it. Answer and ask for money. Whether it is fed or not, the price is 150B. Many people come to the Grand Palace in China, and some swindlers tell you in Chinese that the scenic spots are closed. Don't trust them.

3 bump into a black shop travel agency

20 14 During the Spring Festival, when I was traveling in Chiang Mai, Thailand, I met the black travel agency Chiang Mai Hello Chinese Travel Agency. Address: north of Tapemen Square, Chiang Mai, two stores inside and outside the moat. We have an obligation to describe this ugly behavior and ugly behavior truthfully, so that the latecomers can avoid being deceived.

List of real cases:

Someone traveled to Chiang Mai and met this black shop travel agency! A *** 18 people, 18 tickets, book a ticket to Baixian tomorrow morning. After it was delayed to 10: 30, the tourists were wronged to damage the goods and demanded compensation, and the police and Chiang Mai gangsters threatened the tourists! Finally, the tourists called the consulate for help, called the Chiang Mai police for help, and showed the photo order evidence, showing that the things in the store were not damaged before the settlement, but the trip was delayed for more than 7 hours!

4 taxi fraud

Taxis in Bangkok are extremely cheap (35 baht, 2 yuan every 400 meters). In order to increase their income, most Bangkok taxi drivers naturally turn their minds to tourists all over the street.

Therefore, this is the most common and the least fraudulent way. Even strictly speaking, it is not necessarily fraud. Because almost all free travellers coming to Bangkok are bound to meet them, unless you know Thailand, Wenchao or the route like the back of your hand, or you are lucky enough to meet honest taxi drivers, you will not be spared. Yes, Bian Xiao met him when he went to Thailand, and he was recruited. It's impossible to prevent!

Fraud: It's simple-take a detour! You don't know the shortest way anyway!

Main locations: all parts of Bangkok (especially areas with many taxis and tourists at the airport, such as around Siam, around the Four Faces Buddha, Xilong Road, Jiushan Road, etc. ).

Loss amount: about tens of baht to 200 baht each time.

Precautionary measures: Please ask the hotel owner to call a taxi, prepare the Thai address and pictures, and suggest taking a taxi with a word meter ceiling light.

There is only the word taxi. If there is no meter, you can bargain, but for tourists, try not to bargain with the driver. It is a thousand-year-old rule that it is better to buy than to sell, especially if you are a foreigner in Thailand.

Taxi drivers in Thailand can complain if they refuse to load, do not hit the meter or drive around. The complaint telephone number of taxis in Thailand is 1584. Taking a good taxi license plate before getting on the bus can make the black driver pay the corresponding price. For example, from Bangkok airport to downtown, the public fare is about 400B (including expressway toll and airport 50b surcharge). If the driver charges more than 400b, it is a deliberate deception, and it is reasonable to fight for it ~

5 DuDu car fraud

There are often many unscrupulous tuk-tuk drivers around the Palace and Jade Buddha Temple in Bangkok. They will lie to you that the palace (or other places you just want to go) will be closed for one day today for some reason (such as the royal family coming or interior decoration).

But he knew there was another place nearby. Today, there happens to be a monk praying for people there, and that building is also a famous monument or there is another great art museum nearby. You can see many great historical sites there, take you there and so on.

Moreover, he also stressed that he only charges you 50 or 100 baht for the car, and absolutely does not charge you any other dime. How nice! So you thought to yourself, well, since everyone is here, it's a pity to come for nothing! ? Even if the place he wants to go is not so good, at least it's good to spend a little money on a ride. Anyway, he is great, just want to do more business! ? So, you got on the bus before you knew it!

Then, you may be taken to his so-called monk's residence, and then after you kneel down to accept the monk's blessing, you will find that your mobile phone and wallet are gone in your bag!

Or maybe he took it to an art gallery (in fact, it was a gift or jewelry store selling a bunch of inferior products) and was forced to buy a bunch of rubbish by a rogue clerk inside.

Main locations: Grand Palace, Jade Buddha Temple, Reclining Buddha Temple, National Museum, Siam Museum and other major places of interest or near museums.

Amount of loss: Usually these drivers are associates with the so-called monks or shopkeepers. Since there are many people who share the money, they will certainly try their best to cheat (or steal) as much as possible, so the amount may range from several thousand yuan to tens of thousands of yuan.

Precautions: Ignore all drivers who come forward to chat up! No matter how kind they look and even speak some Chinese, don't pay attention to him, let alone get on the bus!

6 water sports fraud

Going to the seaside for vacation is one of the key itineraries for many people to come to Thailand. However, when you choose some water sports (especially jet skiing), you must choose the store carefully, otherwise you are likely to be ripped off!

Fraud: In Pattaya and Phuket, two famous beaches full of tourists all year round, businesses selling various water sports (such as jet skis, towed umbrellas, banana boats, etc.). ) can be seen everywhere.

However, there are also many unscrupulous businessmen. After you rent a motorboat, they will secretly send someone to ride another motorboat. Just when you are riding happily in the sea, the motorboat driven by this person will pretend to accidentally collide with the car you are driving, and then leave quickly as if nothing had happened.

Of course, you must think there is nothing at the scene, just touching it. What does it matter? What's more, I didn't mean to look at him. So, when you ride the motorboat happily and return the car to the boatman, the fun begins.

The boatman began to examine the whole body carefully to see if there was any damage on both sides. Then suddenly, he pointed to the place where you were accidentally hit and said, "The paint has fallen here, and you have to pay 30 thousand baht." At this time, you haven't realized it. A closer look reveals that the place he refers to really has a scratch of about three centimeters, which you really can't tell if you don't look carefully.

So you said, "someone accidentally hit me just now, not me!" " ""good! Then you go to that man! You don't have to pay for it if you find him! The boatman began to show evil expression, and you finally realized: I was cheated! Then you ask him, "It's just a scratch. Why is it so expensive? " ! ? 」

"Because the motorboat will be repainted as soon as it loses its paint, otherwise it will be ugly to fill a piece, and the guests are not willing to rent this piece, so I can't do business. Moreover, jet skis are different from ordinary motorcycles, each of which costs hundreds of thousands, and the price of repainting is naturally several times more expensive. As he spoke, he took out the contract you just signed and said, "Look, it's written clearly in black and white. If there is any damage, it must be compensated according to the price! Basically, all boatmen in water sports will ask you to sign a simple contract when renting a motorboat, just like you usually rent a car. )

Next, you must ask, the other party may pretend to be very kind and cheap. As for how much will it cost to eliminate the disaster in the end? That depends on your luck and the goodwill of the other party.

Main location: Pattaya, Phuket seaside.

Loss amount: generally around 1 10,000 to 20,000, depending on whether you have money to bully in the eyes of these boatmen.

Prevention methods:

1. If you have a tour guide, please ask your tour guide to help you find a reliable boatman, and the tour guide will help you negotiate with the boatman and pay the fee, so that there is no problem.

2. If you don't have a guide around you, and your skills in driving motorboats are not very good, I suggest that you ask the boatman to send a beach boy to take you to the back seat (usually a reliable boatman will definitely agree, but if not, you will understand), so that even if something happens, it's not your problem.

7 massage fraud

In some busy alleys near hotels and with more tourists, people who pretend to be massage shop managers often come out to personally pull business and say that they are the managers of a massage shop in front. Today, because there are few guests, he personally came out to pull business. I hope you can hold a performance. In addition, one person usually spends 500 an hour, and today it's not bad to count you as 250 an hour.

At the door of the store, the manager added: 500 baht per person for the first two hours, and he will go back to the place just now to continue to attract business. At this time, you think: anyway, it's the same to pay first and then pay, and it's already at the door of the store, and the massage master inside has seen me pay him, so there will be no problem!

But just as you and your party were enjoying the comfortable thai massage and were about to leave, the proprietress in the shop appeared and said, "500 per person per hour, please pay, thank you! 」

But I paid your money to the manager before I came in! "the manager? Who is it? We don't have the manager you mentioned in our shop! Then you point to a masseuse next to you and tell the proprietress, "She did see it. She saw that I took 2000 yuan and paid him for the four of us! At this time, the masseur said innocently, "I thought he was your friend or tour guide!" I don't know him at all. How do I know what money you gave him? ? At this point, you people finally realized: cheated!

The main place of occurrence: some bustling alleys with more tourists along the MRT of Sukunyi Road in Bangkok.

Loss amount: 500~ 1000 baht per person.

Prevention methods:

1. Choose a well-known large massage shop.

Never pay attention to any stranger who comes to talk to you.

Pay after entering the in-store counter.

8 adult show fraud

This kind of fraud has long appeared in Thailand. For more than ten years, this kind of fraud has not only existed, but also tried every time. After three or five times, friends or tourists will still be cheated. Well, let's just say that the adult show is so attractive!

That's what the famous table tennis program said. At night, there are people selling leaflets to you almost everywhere in Badong Bar Street!

Main place of occurrence: near Bapeng Night Market.

Loss amount: several thousand yuan to ten thousand yuan.

Prevention methods:

1. Never go to the shop above the second floor-Patpong Night Market. As long as the store is on the first floor, whether it is a Go Go bar, a shemale bar or a gay bar, it is basically a decent operation, and the door is the road. People come and go, dare not mess around.

2. If possible, try not to watch adult programs in Bangkok-frankly speaking, adult programs in Bangkok are really not very good, and sometimes even make people feel sick.

I suggest you go to Pattaya. There are several well-known and decent adult programs in Pattaya (such as Big Eyes), which are far higher than those in Bangkok in terms of venue, content design and the quality of performers. It's definitely worth your eyes-opening!

9 The girl in the bar cheated on the street girl.

It is an indisputable fact that Thailand's sex industry is developed. Whenever the lights are on, many famous red light districts and bar streets are crowded with bar girls, tourists and prostitutes. Of course, most girls in special industries are simply trying to make a living, but there are still a few people who want more!

These malicious street blocking girls will secretly drug the drinks after negotiating the price with the guests and returning to the hotel, then rob all your belongings when you are unconscious, and then leave. When you wake up, you will find that people have gone to the building, and people and money are gone! Maybe you passed out before you lost anyone. Therefore, this is the worst and most dangerous fraud!

Main place of occurrence:

1. Bangkok: Patpong Night Market, NANA Red Light District, soi Cowboy Red Light District, and roadside bars in some bustling alleys of Sukunyi Road.

2. Pattaya: Beach Street, red light district of pedestrian street.

3. Phuket: Batongtan Street bar gathering area, etc.

Loss amount: See how much all your belongings add up that day. Basically cash, credit cards, jewelry, watches, mobile phones and so on. They won't let go, just leave a suit for you.

Precautions: Don't bring girls from roadside bars or blocked streets to their rooms.

Please remember recently: that's the tourist police service hotline in Thailand: 1 155. In case you really fall into the fraud trap because of a moment's negligence next time, and no Thai friends can call the police for help, you can pick up your mobile phone and dial 1 155 directly to ask the tourist police for help. But this special line can only communicate in English or Thai, and there is no Chinese service!

Thailand is a big tourist country with good public security, and most Thais are quite gentle and kind by nature. However, after all, there are too many tourists here every day, and it is inevitable that some lawless elements will make a living by defrauding tourists of their property.