http://blog.asiahotels.com/how-to-overcome-con-artists-in-asia/ Asian News on Travel and Hotels Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:47:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://blog.asiahotels.com/how-to-overcome-con-artists-in-asia/comment-page-1/#comment-38279 Michael Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:01:17 +0000 http://blog.asiahotels.com/how-to-overcome-con-artists-in-asia/#comment-38279 I experienced a con in Malaysia a few years ago and was surprised when it was tried on a friend of mine while we were in Bangkok last week. The well dressed middle eastern man asks if you are from Australia as he is going there tomorrow but only has US dollars. He opens his wallet and shows you thousands of dollars worth of US notes. This makes you feel he is wealthy and would not cheat you. He then asks if you have any Australian dollars on you. If you do and show him he will try and touch your money. He did this to my mates an few years ago in KL and got $200 each off them. It was brilliant to watch as none of us saw anything. it wasnt until we crossed the road and checked our wallets the boys realised what had happened. last week i was in bangkok and the same thing nearly happened to another mate of mine. As soon as I saw the man show his wallet full of US notes I quickly called my friend over and told him the story of our Malaysian experience. I experienced a con in Malaysia a few years ago and was surprised when it was tried on a friend of mine while we were in Bangkok last week.
The well dressed middle eastern man asks if you are from Australia as he is going there tomorrow but only has US dollars. He opens his wallet and shows you thousands of dollars worth of US notes. This makes you feel he is wealthy and would not cheat you. He then asks if you have any Australian dollars on you. If you do and show him he will try and touch your money. He did this to my mates an few years ago in KL and got $200 each off them. It was brilliant to watch as none of us saw anything. it wasnt until we crossed the road and checked our wallets the boys realised what had happened. last week i was in bangkok and the same thing nearly happened to another mate of mine. As soon as I saw the man show his wallet full of US notes I quickly called my friend over and told him the story of our Malaysian experience.

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