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Souvenir Switcharoo
While selecting souvenirs or expensive items from stalls, the shopkeeper will try to distract you. They’ll switch your pick with something else of a lesser value or low quality. And when you unwrap your pick later, you realise that it is not what you had paid for. Watch out for this scam in European countries, the Middle East, China and Turkey. How to avoid the ‘switcharoo’ travel scam. Keep an eye on your purchase. Ask for the shopkeeper to gift wrap or pack it in front of you. Make sure he doesn’t disappear and return with your gift wrapped or packed. Double-check your buy before leaving the store or stall.
