VIDEO:
Be sure you know for whom you donating money. There's a new trend here, gypsies asking for money in the streets for disabled people.
BERLIN, Germany - Tourists are targeted by
scam and rip-off artists everywhere in
Europe. We were actually prepared for gypsies/scammers.
The old adage is a good one to remember when in
Berlin and dealing with some of the shadier people that prey on
tourists.
The
gypsies people approached with petitions, claiming it was for the
handicapped. At first it seemed nothing of interest, but now there are many of them, some even caught multiple times or there are multiple arrests during one day.
Here's how they work. They printed a blank on which people can sign and donate money for
disabled people.
The funny thing is, text is translated with
Google Translate from one language to lithuanian with errors, text above would read this:
Certificate region network -
Deaf and physically inferior - For poor and children - We want international center make (make construction equipment)
But people still donate money. Also, they written some signs and how much someone "
donated"
So people would give relatively as much as in the blank. They would run away from cameras and are not from this country. So, when luck will ran out here, I guarantee they will head north to
Scandinavia and to the west.
So, how to recognize one? Gibberish Google Translated text, fear of cameras and not knowing native language. They could not explain this "donation" thing in more detail. So, from good will don't be robbed in the middle of the day. ... Read more:
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=62b_1379069998Tourist Scam Alert Info:
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