New york is called Sin City. What pits should I pay attention to when traveling to new york for the first time? How to prevent being cheated?

New york is the largest city in the world. Anyone who has seen the famous movie The Clown should know that Gotham was inspired by new york! Behind the glitz are countless struggling social classes and dark and cruel reality.

First of all, I don't want to denigrate new york. I just want to describe some methods of "stealing money" that I met and saw in this city. Earlier, a program on Pearl TV (produced by NatGeo), the capital of fraud cases, also talked about new york. This is a program that focuses on some common tricks and even scams that appear in major tourist cities. You can read it yourself if you are interested.

Deception 1: Times Square with swords and shadows First of all, let's make it clear here that it is not illegal to make money through your own labor. But personally, these "performances" should not be forced to "reward". Or according to the viewer's evaluation.

There are two main "performance" techniques in Times Square.

And coser's first street draft, before going to new york from Orlando. A friend reminded me that there is a similar "technique" on Hollywood Boulevard in Los Angeles. Many "performers" will dress up as celebrities or movie characters and take photos with others in the street. Many people may think it's okay to take a picture with him. However, as long as you take the initiative to take photos with these Coser. You will have to pay for the photos. Sheng Hui is $20, thank you, boss.

Second, a group of black brothers performing in the street performed in a small open space. The most classic, and what attracted me this time, is a group. The zodiac is the performance of kangaroo black brothers.

Simply put, their performance means is vault. Various bouncing and mixed street dance performances. Finally, we will perform "kicking" and skip the multi-audience drama. But for a long time, they have been reducing their exaggeration. Then I will look for "volunteers" under the stage (I prefer to say "looking for prey"). Explain to the audience "honestly" that this is "seeking rewards." The found "volunteers" basically didn't even have a chance to say no to this group of black brothers and called seven or eight people out. In the end, only four people bent down and let them jump over.

If you are called up, give me 20 dollars.

In Times Square, if you just want to be a quiet and handsome man/woman, don't join in the fun, and don't invite people to take pictures with you. If you want to see the show, stand far away and don't be too conspicuous. Otherwise, I feel cheated of 20 yuan without doing anything.

Deception 2: new york Black Brother's soundtrack came out of the Metropolitan Museum in a few steps. I was stopped by a black brother. Say hello to me. Fortunately, I stopped another tourist before I saw this black brother and took out his "personal soundtrack album". The witty tourist left with a straight face. Give me a reaction time, that's right. This is another classic scam-singing a spicy chicken rap CD that is not as good as the level. As long as you pick up such a CD by hand, you should give at least 20 yuan to the "singing artist".

If you are unlucky enough to accept his offer, it will be as light as $20, or his managers, fans, bosses and producers will all come out to make things difficult for you. Then it may not be something that can be solved with 20 yuan. And the 20 yuan mentioned here is only the minimum consumption, which will basically rob you of more than 20 yuan.

After a round of intense psychological preparation, when I met this "artist with both virtue and art", my hand was always in my pocket. Bow your head slightly and smile all the time, pretending that you don't understand English at all. Artists can only swear. I don't like black friends and discriminate against artists. I really didn't. I just feel sorry for you because I don't even have $20 in my wallet.

As long as you are ready, always smile at the people on the street who want to know you, put your hands in your pockets, keep a just posture and run away. They just want to be friends with your wallet, not practice English with you.

Trick 3: The Statue of Liberty is sold out. Come out of the subway station and walk to the ticket office. A group of enthusiastic and honest "volunteers" will persuade tourists. Are you going to buy a ticket to the Statue of Liberty? Did you make an appointment to buy it in advance? If you don't have an appointment, you can't buy a ticket.

First of all, their clothes look like staff. It makes people feel a professional feeling. But there is no such thing. You can really book the time of the boat ticket, or you can take the reserved passage to board the boat quickly. But if you don't have an appointment, you can also buy tickets at the "ticket office" on the spot. This trick is exactly the same as the liar at the entrance of Bangkok Grand Palace, so I won't show it here. However, their facial expressions and seriousness once made me think they were from TVB artist training class.

Book in advance, book in advance and buy tickets on the spot. If you don't make an appointment in advance, wait in line. Anyway, if you want to go next time, you must make an appointment online first, because there are too many people in line. If I want to ask someone for advice, why not ask someone at the ticket office? Looking for "enthusiastic citizens" in your small park?

Summarize the tricks of swindlers, and emerge one after another. This sentence is really to be remembered. New york, it should be said, is a major tourist city, with all kinds of fraudulent means. Not everyone is willing or willing to "pay" for these scams. What you can do is to avoid these things happening to yourself.