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TRAVEL SCAM
Bangkok, Thailand
Fake Guide and Tour Scam
Scammers pose as guides or offer unofficial tours to redirect tourists to shops or charge excessive fees.
Medium Risk
COMMON LOCATIONS
Tourist attractions, temples, busy streets
HOW IT HAPPENS
HOW THE SCAM WORKS
A scammer approaches tourist → Offers guide or tour → Takes them to partner shops or charges hidden fees → Tourist pressured to spend money
WATCH FOR THIS
WARNING SIGNS
Unsolicited guide offers, deals that seem too good to be true
STAY SMART
HOW TO AVOID IT
Avoid unofficial guides, book through verified platforms, ignore street offers
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