Hi all,
I’m making a documentary series about tourist scams around the world in order to draw less experienced travellers’ attention to the (albeit small) risks they face, and hopefully help them to avoid falling victim to these schemes. I’m hoping to draw on the experience of the seasoned traveller for some of these tales. I love travelling myself and definitely DON’T want to scaremonger or put people off travelling – just arm them with the facts so they clear steer of the scams.
Have you ever fallen foul of a scam in Canada? Have you been drawn in by friendly strangers and ended up parting with your cash or been the victim of a complex bit of thievery? Or have you heard of any scams that other travellers should be made aware of?
If you are interested in taking part or have some interesting information that could help please post and/or contact me on kate.evetts@electricsky.com or call me on
+44 1273 229 674
Thankyou
Kate
The only scam ive fallen for in Canada is to be told that Poutine is edible and labatts is drinkable.
Holy crap, I got nailed by those two scams as well.
I felt sooooo stupid afterwards...
Cheers,
Terry
Great idea for a documentary. You may be hard up for evidence in Canada though. This place is almost as clean as a whistle. Obviously the larger cities have a bit of scams and crimes such as pick pockets on the subway (ttc) and the odd bag snatch. My girlfriend went to school there and she never had a problem in four years; she walked around by herself for the most part too. Most of the crime in T.O. is gang related, which does not apply to travelers. Homeless citizens are polite and pose no danger to anyone (some people are intimidated).
ps- again... great idea!
Car break-ins can be a problem. Thieves here in Winnipeg seem to target cars with our of province license plates; locals never leave anything valuable in their cars. I know that the hostel here has a strict policy of no baggage left in cars.
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