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Penipuan/Scams

Penipuan terhadap turis maupun pendatang (tourist scams) juga umum terjadi di Bangkok. Yang paling lazim adalah rumor bahwa suatu tempat tutup karena acara keagamaan atau kerajaan maupun penipuan yang dilakukan tuktuk (20baht trip). Persamaan diantara keduanya adalah 'korban' akan diajak ke showroom perhiasan dengan harapan mereka akan membeli di toko tersebut dan 'penipu' akan dapat fee dari toko tersebut. Begini nih modusnya. Oknum 'penipu', sebutlah Khun A, biasanya beredar di sekitar calon korban. Ada yang berkeliaran di lobi hotel, di sekitar pintu masuk obyek wisata, di bandara, stasiun dan terminal bis. Kalau dia berwujud supir tuktuk biasanya dia akan heboh menawarkan jasa wisata senilai 20 baht. Atau, kalau kita berniat naik tuktuk menuju suatu tempat dan menawar tuktuk yang sedang parkir, dia akan setuju dengan mudah pasang harga 20 baht. (tuktuk = kendaraan roda 3 khas Thailand. Seperti bajaj di Jakarta tanpa dinding/pintu) Yang kemudian terjadi ...

scams in bangkok

Fraud against tourists or visitors (tourist scams) are also common in Bangkok.  The most common is the rumor that the place closed because of religious or royal event and fraud committed tuktuk (20baht trip).  The equation between the two is the 'victim' will be invited to a jewelry showroom in the hope they will buy in the store and 'con' will be a fee from the store. Here's the mode. The scammer, call Khun A, usually circulated around the victim.  They're wandering in the hotel lobby, around the entrance to attractions, at airports, stations and bus terminals. T uktuk drivers usually would stir tourist around offer worth 20 baht.  Or, if we intend to take a tuktuk to a destination from a parked one, he will easily agree with the price of 20 baht only.  (tuktuk = typical 3-wheeled vehicle Thailand. As prevalent of Bajaj in Jakarta without walls / doors) What then happens is that the passenger was brought around from one jewelry store to another store ...