NYC’s craziest travel scams 🏙️ 😮

[lefanta]

"Hey do you want a-"
"I have places to go."
Good ending

[bobbydyne]

Imagine a 40 year old man in a Minnie Mouse costume trying to intimidate you over $20

[sirdeakia]

First rule of travel scams:
Just say no and leave.

[gotoheat]

As a Brooklyn New Yorker, "fuck off " is an essential part of my life

[Robstrap]

I've literally just learnt to completely ignore anyone who speaks to me when I walk down the street

[dsantiago]

I got handed a bracelet, pretending I couldn’t understand him, said “thank you” and walked away. He followed me a couple steps and kept saying to pay and I kept replying “thank you so much for the gift! No really, thank you!”

The look of defeat on his face was priceless 😂

[DuhBla]

So my aunt, who is Chinese but speaks FLUENT English told me about her trip with her friends to NYC. She a seasoned traveler so she's accustomed to these tourist traps. She'd usually just blabber in Chinese and smile and laugh while calling for her friends and everyone in the group would do the same. They basically got free pictures of Minnie Mouse, Batman and other costumed characters and saying "thank you" in a HEAVY Chinese accent and just walk away.

[Roberto_One]

Oh god that last one. Visited NYC in 8th grade, and two friends of mine wanted me to take a picture of them with a guy in a Puss in Boots costume. When we started to walk away the dude started asking for money, mostly in Spanish so I understood little, and took his head off, and me being the naive kid I was tried to say I didn't have money and asked my friends to pay him. Thankfully we all had nothing and he got nothing, but it was super awkward. Makes me kinda angry thinking back on it, ngl.

[nuetarded]

It's an essential New York survival skill to ignore whoever or whatever comes at you while walking down the street

[leobustos]

"That'll be 50 dollars for the brace-"
*Free Bird solo starts playing*

[AA-ilee]

Facts, don't take anything from anyone in New York. Say no

[MagyarGaben]

Visiting a big city is where having a foreign accent really shines, cuz I can just talk to them in broken English until they give up

[rachnic]

The last guy straight up bought a costume from Walmart then went to hustling 💀

[NonSpiceyBeans]

“That’ll be $30 for the mixta-“
“Na” *drops* *mixtape*

[bastms]

Real people from NY is fighting these bums for touching them without permission

[theram]

Until they realize you're from one of the 5 boroughs, and you look into their soul.

[bosewicht]

Imma go there and take all the bracelets, all the mixtapes and take photos of all the costume people without even paying a nickel, wish me luck

[gptoocut]

Imagine having to fight off a monk after bro gave you a free bracelet

[Baxt]

Just give them the death stare. Don't say a single word and don't break eye contact. They'll leave you alone if they think you're psycho.

[Maximillian_]

I was on a holiday in New York. I walked past the people who were offering bracelets and when they said it was free, I ran away after attaching it to my wrist to make sure and of course they attempted to chase me down but failed.

*When a foreign thief meets a scammer.*