Very handy to know. I picked up some tips when I went to South America and India. Only go out with as much cash as you need. Keep your paper money in your socks. They won't be able to take it from there. Wear your rucksack on your front and if travelling on a bus, keep it on your lap, not the floor. Also, when walking around on your own, appear confident. If you seem nervous, you're a target. I used to just sing to myself and look around like I owned the place. I never lost anything in 6 months by following these tips.

Prague: Money exchange offices that advertise no commission fees - but they grossly overcharge you on the exchange itself. And strangers that offer you to exchange money on the street only to give you invalid currency. But I have heard these few years back, there might be different tricks today.

Some of these seem like 1 times incidences and many of them are not unique to the specific countries unfortunately. Scams happen anywhere, it's best to be aware of them and any potential dangers/issues when traveling, and follow the safety guidelines of the area you are visiting. Like when they tell you not to leave the resort for your own safety.... or not to give money to the homeless people.

Argentina: EVERYONE WILL STEAL YOU, yes, EVERYONE, don't trust even the police.

I think this article is as fake as it can get. At least the one for Romania is a blatant lie. I'm Romanian, if anyone thinks of asking dumb questions like hAvE yOu bEeN TheRe etc and I can tell you straight up there is no such thing anywhere. Sure, you can get mugged and scammed for money but this isn't a thing. I'm going to put this under lies for attention and move on.

I'll just stay here in Australia thanks.

How stupid do you have to be to fall for ANY of these? Go to a taxi stand. DO NOT get into a car that's only a couple of steps away - USE THE STAND. Uber is available all over the world. In Italy and Spain, that means black cars, and they're amazing. DO NOT take anything from someone's hand. DO NOT stop walking just because someone asks you to. DO NOT go to restaurants just because someone wants you do - MAKE dinner reservations BEFORE you travel. DO NOT let anyone block your way.

In Santo Domingo we were driving our rental car back to our resort and got stuck in the crosswalk as the light turned red. The traffic cop on foot signaled us to pull over and got into the backseat demanding our rental papers and passports. He then signaled us to drive ahead when another man hopped in and offered to translate. Now we are driving outside the city and I'm arguing in HS Spanish..luz verde, while he yells luz rojo!!! The 'translator' wants vente. He tells us to pull over and stop, Hands us back our papers, Gets out (about a ten min drive so far). Since we were in the middle of nowhere we offered to drive them back... they just waved us on.

I've lived in the USA my whole life. I have friends around the country. I've never heard of the scam about the mixtape. You're more likely to just be mugged or exploited by high prices.

The NY one is ridiculous so is the UK one. I'm sure these things have happened but these are not the scams du jour for these areas.

No China? In Beijing, young women approach you and tell you they are from Western China, and that 'they'd like to practice their English'. They suggest you two go for some tea. Once at the tea parlor, someone else offers 'samples', that will turn out quite expensive, and you will have to pay for. Someone had warned me about this, so I didn't fall for it, but I was approached at least 7 times in three days... Another scam - that I did fall for - was also in Beijing: a street seller called me after I had paid for my (inexpensive) purchase and had started walking away. He was saying the bill I gave him was ripped. I gave him another one and he gave the 'ripped' bill back to me. He tried to do it a second time and I just ignored him and kept walking away. Later on, I realized he had exchanged my Chinese bill for a Taiwanese one, which is very similar looking, but of less value.

I once read an article about how thieves will stuff short people into suit cases on busses, then when the bus starts to go the little person will get out and stel everything of value

Ok, I'm getting my notepad, I need to write this down.

dang luckily i have yet to be scammed

All such racist BS! You should be ashamed of publishing this!

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I find that so sad. You travel to another country to discover it, its people, its history, its landmarks. You are full of energy and motivation, and most of all, positive feelings about that particular country. And once you get there, the locals won't do anything with you but try to scam you. If I was at the head of a country, I would consider that a global diplomacy concern, for all the harm this is doing to my country's image.

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This is so wrong and BP should not have allowed all these negative stereotyping of countries to be posted. Sad!