Avoid this tourist SCAM in Colombo, Sri Lanka. đ±đ°
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- Äas pĆidĂĄn 26. 04. 2019
- When travelling in Sri Lanka as a foreigner you'll no doubt be approached by men who try to appear as friendly citizens. They will attempt to coax you to somewhere, such as a "beautiful temple that you must go and see." Watch as this man follows me through the streets, desperately trying to convince me to go see the (fake) "Tsunami Temple", despite me showing zero interest in it.
These scammers and their cheap tricks are not representative of the genuine good people of Sri Lanka. Unfortunately, as foreigner, they will be seeking you out so it would be easy to think that every local is bad when in fact it's a very small number of bad people.
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Any scammers approach just remember the points to avoid them easily:
1- give them angry face đ
2- ignore themđ
3-say no đ
4- walk fast đ¶đ»ââïž
5- use your phone pretending your talking to someone .đ±
Just punch his face dude
They will still follow what do you do then?
For No.4, I would run
Be careful about pulling out phone. Their intent might be to steal your phone. Or get snatch off your hand by a passing
motorcycle. I hear it happens a lot in Vietnam by thieves.
Just kick on his bloody ass
Nothing screams "vulnerable tourist" like a backpack and a selfie stick
especially in a 3rd world country
@Henry Discipline effected English? What the hell is that
it's not the backpack, it's the selfie stick.
@@kenichi407 First thing I thought as well.
Well this guy read the scam and exposed them. What do you do with your life down there in your mothers basement?
ONE BIG TIP FOR TOURISTS: IF YOU NOTICE SOMEONE IS FOLLOWING YOU, DO THE FOLLOWING:
1. TELL THEM YOU DON'T NEED THEIR COMPANY. USE A VOICE TRANSLATOR SO THEY UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU MEAN
2. STOP BEING SO NICE TO THEM. BE STRAIGHT FORWARD AND FIRM WITH WHAT YOU ARE SAYING
3. STOP WALKING AROUND WITH THEM AND FIND A VERY PUBLIC PLACE AND OPENLY TELL THEM TO GO AWAY
4. THREATEN TO CALL THE POLICE IF THEY KEEP FOLLOWING YOU OR ASK FOR THE NEAREST POLICE STATION AND TELL THEM TO COME WITH YOU TO TOUR THE POLICE STATION.
THINGS YOU MUST NOT DO:
1. DO NOT BE NICE TO THEM BECAUSE THEY INTERPRET THAT AS ACCEPTANCE OR TOLERANCE
2. DO NOT OFFER THEM ANYTHING LIKE MONEY OR A DRINK OR FOOD
3. DO NOT ALLOW THEM TO START A CONVERSATION OR SUGGEST ALTERNATIVE PATHWAYS
4. DO NOT WORRY ABOUT THEIR REACTION TO REJECTION
5. DO NOT WALK AROUND WITH THEM BY YOUR SIDE OR RIGHT BEHIND YOU OR TOO CLOSE
6. ONE MORE THING... DO NOT BE NICE TO THEM... REMEMBER THEY ARE DEFINITELY NOT GOOD PEOPLE
All i needed
This is a good list, but can also lead to aggression on their side. I did basically this and got threarend for my life in return in Tanzania.
So finding a good middle is key. Firm but friendly no is still the best way, that never lead to me being scammed AND threatend.
Dale literally did the do not things and got away lol
The trick is to use caps lock when communicating with them đ
I had a similar situation in Cuba. I was there with my 13 year old daughter and a man kept following us. He said he knows the best place to buy cigars at a low price and kept trying to get us to go down alleys as we passed them. I told him no many times and he kept insisting we go with him. We were walking so fast and luckily found a little store to go in and he eventually left us alone. It was scary
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Who said go there
Stay home
Stay safe đ€Ł
@@mainpagal8679 boy tf
@@mainpagal8679 if youâre scared stay in your room
â@@mainpagal8679if you feel someone following you, do not go home, go to the nearest police station
@@mainpagal8679 Exactly LOL. Of all the places in the world, she decided to go to Cuba. You only got yourself to blame if you got scammed there.
Im a srilankan and I've never heard of a tsunami temple...
Huh haaa. You are a Sri Lankan and you don't know where is the Tsunami Temple in Sri Lanka? Shame on you.... Tsunami Honganji Vihara is located in Peraliya (Near Hikkaduwa) - Take a train and get off at Telwatta Railway Station. It was open in December 2006 (12 1/2 years ago) as a memorial to the over 35,000 Sri Lankans killed by the Tsunami in 2004. BTW, I was born in Sri Lanka, but living in aboard for over 15 years.
Oscar Nonis u just owned that dude
Well done
Itsyaboi joosh lmfao
@@OscarNonis there's no tsunami temple in Colombo dude...maybe in hikkaduwa.This guy that tries to scam this foreign dude is trying to take him to imaginary "tsunami" temple in Colombo...plus the tsunami temple is not a huge must visit landmark in srilanka like dalada maligawa or something....
@@OscarNonis not really bruh
Rule #1: do not engage in a conversation with them!
yeah i dont speak english works LMAO
They just donât leave u anyway it doesnât matter
I've paid people off a few bucks to leave đ€·ââïž
They can buy food or booze, whatever
@@genesis6567- Na man, that just encourages them to bother other people.
@@genesis6567- Waste of money. But if you're loaded AF, why not?
As a Sri Lankan, I apologize for the inconvenience caused to you. Not everyone is like that. Be careful when traveling with such people. Have fun bro đ„
Iâm married to an Irishman and I took him to Sri Lanka to show my heritage, Iâve never dealt with that kind of stress and frustration when I took my man to my home country. My ancestors beautiful landâ€ïž and these scumming scammers just ruin my day and my sanity, it was difficult alone being the person who can speak some what Sinhala and still fight my way through with the folks who annoy and irritated trying to be guides when I know damn well where I want to go and want to be simply left alone in peace in my own country to walk with the man I love without fighting and crying on the road because of these silly people. Watching this video gave my PTSD.
You are totally right Dale. We despise scammers like him. Spread the awareness.
Your cute
@Rashaenka Nah, He's a scammer. So he's not my people.
@@Nayana-4S6NDR I totally agree with you. He is the kind or marginal being that exists in all countries, especially in big cities.
@@grandadan Well said :)
@@Nayana-4S6NDR any scammer is not our kind nice response
I'm from Sri Lanka and what the f*k is a tsunami temple anyway? What's next, hurricane church?
I'm from Sri Lanka too đđđđđ
@@antieve9915 hari hari
Haha.. I know right?! Who would want to visit a tsunami temple? Lol
And then earthquake museum?
@@shidqialafif1371 then house of death
you're a better man than me mate, I literally just got back from India where I was supposed to stay 8 weeks, I lasted 2 weeks and got tired of telling scammers to F..k off, it was a horrendous experience, looks like Sri Lanka is just as much hard work as India. I'll go again but I think they are countries where you need a travel buddy to watch each others backs.. thanks for sharing your material mate
Well said.
CZcams recommend one of your videos the other day & I've been watching since. Love your work.
These people make my country ashamed!! Sorry about that mate!! There is no temple call Tsunami in Colombo for sure.
Thanks for the info buddy, I have searched everywhere đ€Łđ€Łđ€Łđ
I feel the same as a Sri Lankan.
Hey, got to know that you are back in Colombo. Please let me know if you like to have a cup of coffee wherever you want in Colombo. I'll sponsor you :-)
@@lasa47 hopefully it is not going to be in the TSUNAMI temple in Colombo !!
@@kumbaya234 hahahaaaa.....
This happened to me in Mexico. Less than a minute into the scammer's conversation, i told him i had lost my wallet and asked if i could borrow $20. :D
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Best answer on here!!!
Thats a good one for sure
This is just like what my sister-in-law's dad (he's American) did when one man approached him asking him to give money with all kinds of sob stories he already had a huge wad of cash with him and was asking all the foreigners in that area. One story was that he has two kids he needs to feed, so my SIL's dad replied, 'oh wow really, I have 8 kids to feed, maybe you should give me money." The guy shook his head no and left quickly with that.
Lol
08:09 did he just desperately said "I don't wanna see you again"? đ
fuuuck He did!
OMGG he did!! da hell?!!! đ„Č
8:10 - âI donât want to see you againâ. Feeling is mutual buddy!
OMG I didnt notice that before! LOLOL
I thought i misheard it hahah
These scammers need to be whipped. Travel safe mate!
In places like Sri Lanka, India and Thailand, they operate with the collusion of the local police and usually they get a cut.
Unfortunately some of these people ruin the whole experience of some of the tourists who come less informed. Delhi, India is horrible when it comes to these scams and funnily most of them have been captured and documented on CZcams and yet they do the same moves from the old playbook.
I consider them more as pests than scammers since most of their schemes are so bunny brained and easy to spot unless you are a total idiot.
One good move is not to talk to them or engage them and just ignore them and keep walking.
I would be happy to arrange the whipping!
:)
I'm really sorry for this experience. I have already informed the nearby police stations about this guy. They will take care of this.
Sorry again for what you had to go through !
@Dr Shashi Mohan Sharma on what ground? Talking to a foreigner?
I agree that the man has ulterior motives, but to arrest him, I dont think this this video is enough.
Police get commissions too, they will free him in a heartbeat.
UPDATE : The guy was arrested last week. He was detained for few hours, warned and released. There was no enough points keep him detained.
But the police will keep an eye on him.
Therefore I can assure 1 more scammer is removed from the streets of Colombo.
Special thanks to Dale Philip for exposing this guy !
@@lowata :Yes, not to arrest him but yes to tell him that they will be with an eye on him and, yes if he carries on disturbing tourists yes he must go inside. Plus if a few complaints against him happen as somebody else reported him already to the police, yes he will be in trouble or otherwise it would be an encouragement for people like him to carry on doing that garbage around. For as a person that hates that kind of behaviour, yes he must be at least warned to stop doing that, or face consequences, and i guess Law in Sri Lanka is not that kind of weak against these ones like we have become in the west ruled by weak laws for bandits and hard tax for the ones paying their salaries.
Good work Thiwanka - such a beautiful country!!!
Always keep walking fast and reply in Welsh they will go.
Hey man, im from Sri Lanka and i just wanted to say im sorry for some of the people here who treat foreigners like this. Honestly its kinda embarrassingđ , anyways i hope this never happens again and i hope you enjoyed most of your stay!
Dude your accent went from Scottish to south African to Russian wtf
Fake.
No he didnt
Difficult situations call for desperate measures? Like a chameleon going on a disco light frenzied adaptation.
Exactly what I was thinkin, thought it was me..
The English/ Scottish have this problem of when we are talking to a foreigner, we put on their accent to help communicate! It doesnât work but we still do it
Your first and only mistake was even acknowledging him, just completely ignore him.
why not try to scam him
Would that make for an interesting video?
Bigmac this video was not so interesting either
@Gab A a 12 minute video at that.
Chiraq JackBoy Get lost, I can't stand scammers.
Thank you for sharing this.
hope it will be very helpful for other or begineers travellers
I've been to Sri Lanka a few times, you have to remember this is a poor country. People are struggling to make a few dollars.
Obviously sometimes people get desperate and start to think of other ways to make money.
It's tough for most of them
I had one tuk tuk driver offer to drive me anywhere all day and he would wait wherever I went for however long I took, and at the end of the day he only wanted $4. I couldn't believe it. It was literally hours or driving and waited 2-3 hours while I had lunch. They aren't elaborate scams, they are just trying to make a few $ to put food on their table.
OMG!! the same person scammed me in the exact same place in 2016. He first claimed he was just showing me around because he likes helping tourists, then we ended up taking a rikshaw, which he stopped himself. After visiting few places, he stopped the rikshaw at an empty road where few people were passing by and asked me to pay a hefty amount of money. When I refused to pay the amount he asked for, he threatened to take me to the police and tell them I asked him to buy me drugs (which I didn't). When he saw that I wasn't afraid of the police, he started bargaining. I ended up paying only a fraction of the price he asked, and that wasn't cheap either. Lesson learnt!!
You're the one that should be taking him to the police. Hope this scumbag gets what he deserves eventually.
This as happened to my family someone did that and me and my family followed him then when he tried to get us to pay around ÂŁ250 for walking we said no he threatened the police and every time we tried to walk off he blocked us so we had to push him over and walk off
@@hurricanedorian4897 glad you stood up for yourselves. đ
Yea I only did it bc I had a adrenaline rush and I was not going to pay ÂŁ250 for walking
Kinda of an example why I will NEVER go to this country... scamming is in the blood
Apologies from Sri Lanka. These guys are horrid
Not mad at the county or you its just some people in the world are bad people
don't apologies mate, it's not your country
Not a Sri Lankan problem Aji Yra, your country is beautiful - its a world wide problem
Ours hit our own fellow citizens too; not that it's any good when they do it on strangers.
brandon faris sounds like it is their country đ but they shouldnât apologize cause itâs not them
What is this tsunami temple all about?
I'm so glad I found your channel, and you bring things like this to my attention, as I'm a really inexperienced traveller, unlike yourself.
Safe travels and love from Plymouth, UK đŹđ§.
"if he had told me there was free ice cream, or hot girls, or..."
there are no "hot girls" there believe me lol
It's a pretty big jump from free ice cream to the hot girls!
@@ItsFrankieBoy, what's so funny? Stop being rude
I be there are plenty of hot girls there. Hot girls with ice-cream and the retro Nintendo museum.
@@ItsFrankieBoy srilankan girls are fine af. youâre prolly not looking in the right places lmfao
These scammers need to up their game, nobody's scamming a Scottish lad đ
Could have saved himself 10 minutes of walking and talking if he'd only asked where I was from. đ
@@Dale_Philip lol
He needed to bring up alcohol.... although from my knowledge of Dale, reasonably priced Coke Zero would be the best lure.
So so true !!! U don't fuck wi a Scottish guy
Honestly in these situations, my first reaction is to keep walking. You don't owe anyone anything, especially some guy on the street. If he really wants to talk to me he's going to have to match my pace and walk with me. To stop and talk to these people just invites more opportunities for them to talk you into something and give them control over the conversation. Making it easier for them to manipulate you, and harder for you to pull away from the conversation, because most of us are afraid of being rude.
At least he wasn't violent. You should see the scammers in America and UK. They are ruthless.
Man, scammers in America and UK don't even compare to the scammers in other places. American scammers aren't violent because the law here can be brutal but in other parts of colombia or other mexican places or even black oriented places like Haiti? Oh man, they will kidnap you
Wherever you go there are scammer just don't talk to strangers. Especially in poor country. I never scam in the USA. Thk you Lord. But in Philippines they scam their own people.
Dale, as a Sri Lankan I'm sorry you had to go through this. We have our fair share of scammers but most locals are good and honest. I hope you still had a great trip and this incident didn't put a stain on what you thought of our country.
Shame on you Srilankađ
Your country is shit
@@thequack4581 you are right
Yh the only scammers were in the Colombo
I got scammed watching this whole vid trying to see what the scam was
Thanks for falling for my scam đđ
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you could have left at any time. none of us would have missed you. or listened to you whine when you were scammed.
@@michelemichele5204 thanks for watching mate!
@@Dale_Philip i am sorry that u went thru that. but was more worried that he would push you into a vacant alley, stab you and take all of your things. he looked stressed out and desperate. can i ask why Sri lanka? maybe i didnt see a good spot? but it looked run down and dangerous. you mentioned architecture? is that why you go? be careful, you know its not unmanly to buy a new pepper spray when you arrive at each destination. the airlines will take them when you fly, but hey they are 10 bucks or less, well worth getting a new one. get one with a key chain on it. that way you always know where it is, and it wont bepacked in your dufflebag or something. be safe.
This is a perfect example of what happens when visiting places where you stand out like a sore thumb.
Racism
@@flyingchimp12 but it's still facts
Different skin colour will do that
I don't know man. I've never seen anyone doing that to tourist here in the South of Brazil
@@mmawithsubtitles7460 in Brazil there alot of videos of people stealing from tourists. Just straight up steal from them . No scam
I and my wife visited SRILANKA after the bomb blast on 18 May 2019
We met one travel agent like him at airport he was sooo sticky and irritating
He was forcing me much to book cabs hotels and sightseeing from him
I told him many times sir please I donât need your help because I can do all with the help of internet
But he was so crazy
I asked police at airport to take this man away from us because he was so sticky and forcing much to buy tourism from him.
I hate this kind of man
We love SRILANKA and wish to visits again and again
Yes if ever someone is so desperate for you to use their service it can't be a good thing. Saying no to an offer once should be enough. For him to keep badgering you is outright rude. Good that you had police there to help get him away from you.
Good decision. They ruin the dignity of our country.
jagjitsingh saluja Saluja thank you for visiting my country.. đ me and my family currently away from my country and we are also visiting around the world,, itâs such an amazing experience that visit to a place that never visited... that kind of sucks everywhere,, never mind đ
Princess Hashi
I am an Indian and we Indians see SRILANKA as our small brother
Because we are similar and we have same root.
This kind of people are everywhere so we canât stop them
jagjitsingh saluja Saluja thank you đ
I remember running away from people trying to sell me trinkets in Indonesia and running away from shoe-shiners in Vietnam. Yes, I literally ran. I was too fast for them.
Farouq Omaro đđ
What trinkets ?
Trinket?
@@VejmR Cheap jewellery
@@Banggeek Bandung
The retro Nintendo is where he wouldâve got me
haha
Bro this is funny. You should make a movie on catchig tursit scammers lol
These kind of people ruin my country's reputation and pride. Sorry about this dale. Please don't misunderstand all of us because of this stupid guy đ
Yeah bad reputation đ
@Ravi Rav Whoa its absolutely clear that you are a tamilian bro. I understand your anger and its fair. I agree with everything you say except the word "Racist buddhist" it ain't right to criticise a religion/race with such a harsh word. Things happened in the country and they were bad i know but sometimes the best thing to do for peace is forget the past bro. There is nothing we can do in the field of politics. Power ain't in our hands. The politicians of our country use the differences between our races and religions to achieve their political selfish objectives. If we keep criticising the religions and races of ourselves then what is the difference between them and us? Moreover that is exactly what the want. To separate us. If you are not happy with the government trust me most of us are not but understand that though we can't do anything about that we can stand together. If we are united then those assholes will not have the chance to trigger our weakness and start off another civil war or whatever. Don't carry hatred or grudges bro. The scars and the wounds of the past will remain forever but atleast they don't hurt anymore right? There isn't a single place in the planet where wars hadn't taken place bro. In India they have castism in America still there is racism. Few other nations sexism. We are all controlled by our leaders and thats the fact. Please realise that hatred isn't the answer for anything bro. Respect all religions and races. BTW if you think Mahinda is wrong and so is Prabhaharan because Hatred isn't the answer for peace. War isn't the answer for peace. I think you've never been to the south or central of our country have you? Come and visit us you'll see how many non-racist sinhala buddhist are available in the country. You'll be shocked to see how many good people are living in this island. There are assholes in every place in the planet bro just misunderstand all the people for that. It's something like not all men are rapist are they? Won't you get mad when someone accuses you as such? That's the exact same feeling the non-racist people would get when you accuse them of being racist. We treat the foreigners as our brothers and sisters bro then why wouldn't we do that to our own people. No one is bad or racist in this country, it's just what the make us feel and what they want us to feel. Together we can change that and be a better nation, make a better nation for our children. Don't ruin that opportunity by spreading such hate comments and growing such harsh impressions in the younger generation of the country. If you are like this and so will your kids , so will their kids and so will there be another war in this country someday. Enough bro! please Lets end this.
@X Ă A-Xii Konjam therium. LOL
Every Part of a Country there is positive and negative people
" THE WORLD IS NOT BALANCE IF THERE IS NO NEGATIVE VIBES!
Hows your nation now
Next time speak a made up language I find it works beautifully..
I would like to see this on youtube
nodozz2 đđđ»
Dont need to, my native language is Czech, he would never understand that :D
@ lol yeah that works, I speak Louisiana Cajun with a straight face they tend to wave and walk away...
nodozz2 Yakka foob mog. Grug pubbawup zink watoom gazork. Chumble spuzz!
You are quite smart dale... i love watching your videos
As a local, I really think these people should be behind bars for these kind of things.
Someone please give this horrible mans details to SriLankan police for their attention. Because those kind of people make big crimes seems to me he have a group of bad people around him.
Mr. Dale thanks for the information and you are lucky and a smart one âïž
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Yes he is very lucky: Because this video has a lot of views and that's the point! Âż Got it?
GrandAdan YES and whatâs your problem? is it disturbing you?
Here's what I do in these situations. I declare, forcefully that I am happy to have a conversation, but THE MOMENT this conversation turns into a financial transaction, I'm gone. They usually beat it at that point.
After they give ya a FREE ride to the temple and take your money, im sure theyâll âbeat itâ after. Doofus
You're more generous than me, I give them a stern look and tell them to FUCK OFF!
@Hermie Griffiths OK, let me try and explain. I travel a lot, with cameras, so this kind of scam is endemic and I'm a stand out 'mark'.. Mostly they'll try and engage you in conversation, then tell you about their sick child etc. and then ask for money. I've not had much experience of 'taking me somewhere', only Crawford Market in Mumbai. I once had a guy dressed as a buddhist monk try me in HK with a 'building a school' scam. So I know it and I see it a mile off. But I'm not the kind of person to be abusive. Here's what happens.
1) I get approached by a scammer, it's obvious to me
2) The first thing I say is "I don't mind talking, but as soon as this turns into a financial transaction, I'm gone."
3) At exactly this point they give up. They know I know the game..
It always works, without fail, they just stop and walk away. It's happened in Hong Kong several times, Chennai, Jakarta, Singapore, Beijing too, It allows me to quickly get on my way without having to resort to profanity.
I was just trying to help people who watched Dale's film by offering them advice on how I deal with this particular brand of common scam without resorting to being rude or offensive.
@@GeneralG1810 But if he has a weapon?
@@nanotube5145 Didn't look like it, also trust your instincts if after saying something like that they start reaching in their pockets then carry through on the threat before they can get their weapon and give them a stern head but
Dang that last thing said at the end about the scammers was such a bloody great way to sum them up. Couldn't of put it better myself! đ
4:46 who saw amogus in the sign
As a Sri Lankan, I am very sorry about this incident. Don't get us wrong in the face of such rackets. Sorry about what happened to you. We enjoy watching your videos every day. đ
Don't worry about it. It happens right across Asia and beyond.
Wow srilanka is beautiful modern I want to visit
@@divyanshuxinghvines9626 I am Sri Lankan and there are some parts that arenât so⊠but there are beautiful parts too
@@xlynx9 I think Europe Is thief
Dont apologize. You did not do it. There are scammers un every country
This happened to my husband and myself in Bangkok He followed us and sweet talked us to go see a Jewelry shop. In-spite of our resistance he still put us in a rickshaw. Since we didn't buy any Jewelry, Coming back was hell as no one was willing to bring us back. Ultimately it cost us 5 times more to reach our hotel. Lesson well learned.
As a Srilankan I am really sorry for that.đđ
Thank you so much for visiting Sri Lanka I love your Vedios
Dale, this can be very irritating. Experienced these kind of scammers. How could we leave them and go our own way.
ah... Runescape has trained me well to spot these scams... this guy was trying to take you to the wildy..
Lol brooooo
Watch they will evolve to armor trimming scams...
Hahaha Gold
Man Of Valor brooooooooooooooooo. Feels
Lol!!
Not only in Sri Lanka. These "helpful" guys are everywhere. They lead you deep into bad neighborhoods and then ask for money or cigarettes
Well we dont know about others but we can say definitely in sri lanka
True in Morocco u speak any language that isn't Moroccan Arabic they make it 5x more expensive
@@Celevie it is better to you would check this link.
czcams.com/play/PLM9_KZNJw8qFx2I_9o_rH_P7iiBX-mYu9.html
And also just search in youtube about scammers.then you can get a clear understand about sri lanka.actually scammers are everywhere.but in sri lanka it really very low.thanks you.đđ
Hongcouver
Omg thatâs scary, where is the police?
if this ever happens to u make sure u take a picture of the man and the vehicle number and call the tourist police and they will get a fine
Dale was savage at the end sheeeeeeh đ
Actually I thought you were really polite and patient with him.
Perhaps too polite.
Tourists needs to know this first:
1. First things first, get a prepaid SIM from the Airport or from some roadside communications shop (always get SLT or Dialog they have very good reception)
2. Download the ride app Pick ME, this is the most used ride app in SL. When ever you wana book a Tuk Tuk or a cab to any where use this app or Uber only cos sometimes these ppl will rip you off once they see you are a foreigner.
3. If anyone is following like this dont get into direct confrontation or anything just be polite but be smart as well and get away from them as soon as possible
4. For Ladies I would like to advise you...if you are travelling alone, dont go out into areas that you dont know much of unless you are with someone who you can trust. Also be sensible, dress sensible and be on the alert at all times
5. This is true not only for Sri Lanka but for anywhere arnd the world
Well Said and apologise for people like this buddy. Police should catch this guy
Very very smart advises
I came across this scam 3 times already, twice in one hour. Thanks for the heads up Dale
DUDE! This is just crazy! The world is such a small place, you see, I started working at the Bank (you passed while walking; MCB Bank, the green & blue board in front of the port) in March 2019. I was on my way home after work one day in that month and I can sware it was this bugger that tried talking and asking questions while walking with me. Basically thought I was a non-local (even though I am lol! I do have a little Irish blood, but heckđ) Bugger ruined my evening and made me feel insecure in my own country! Lolz
Thanks for posting this, I do enjoy your vidsâš
If they approach you, then tell them sorry, no speaka da English...
Peter Martin soraight
Or use a *HEAVY* Scottish accent
Or pretend that you're deaf, just point at your ear...this usually works.
@@deantibbz5715 YES! I already did this, works like a charm
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Must arrest these peoples cheated to tourist and some tuk tuk high pricing. This is not we want promote srilanka to tourism . Thanks to advice tourists visit Srilanka by safe their money and life
Especially when Sri Lanka promotes itself as the land of smiles, on tourism events.
You saw: `Save your live?` ... Thank you, Srilajnka, what ever you r., I`ll never go to visit this place.
@@MrMirolazar scams are every country men. you have to go by safety precautions then no lost your money
This is why everyone should have pepper spray with them.
Because of creeps like him.
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i would pay more than $500 to see a retro Nintendo museum
Their colonial-era Nintendo Museum is worth a detour.
C mon friend. I give you a ride to the event with my tuk-tuk !!đđ
I'm so impressed by your calm manner in dealing with this man. I love this country and especially the people! We too had a similar experience with a man hanging around our hotel in Negombo. We appeared to pick him up when we went for a walk. Slightly different in that he wanted to sell us some spices etc. We found it very hard to get rid of him, he just wouldn't get the message. Not as sinister as your scam but disappointing all the same. Way better than getting my wallet stolen in St Petersburg Russia, now that was devastating. Well done Dale
how'd your wallet get stolen in that part of russia?
@@beastt-_ easily. Gang out 4 surrounded me and took wallet out of my pocket. Feel naive about having my wallet in my back pocket, but still, lesson learnt.
Hey Dale,
I apologize for the inconvenience caused by the idiot people on behalf of my country. I watch your videos every time, But not only in Sri Lankans but it happen all over the world. I am very happy that you came to our country and I apologize to you for all the troubles that happened to you, even if it is a little late.đ
you are probably a scammer just like them... Seriously your entire country is just scammers. I get calls from you guys all the time claiming your from microsoft
@@cody5495 Thank you for your feedback!
Does not happen in Japan, South Korea, Australia or Europe. And if it happens in Europe, those who do it are foreigners from African or Arab countries.
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suggestion: you pass a bunch of taxis, hop in one ask for help and drive away
Years ago 2 in the morning stopping in a red light in my truck and this guy opens the passenger side door ,comes in with a knife asking for my wallet that was it l lost it and managed ( luckily) to take his knife and took his 1$ and 45 cents he had on him . I still have that money in a jar on my desk .
Plawn Clackers Baaaaa baaaaaaa
Wow.
@@shoveldoggermafiamore like giving dirty thieves a taste of their own medicine
you taking his knife and money off him makes you just as bad as him, as you have just committed a robbery at knife point, where his crime ended up as being an attempted robbery at knife point, therefore it makes what you did back to him a worse crime, no point bragging about it as you have shown your worse than him for doing that, and it also now makes you the armed robber not him
@@Jackwylde68 no its not because its made him worse than the robber as he only attempted to Rob whereas the person who would have been the victim actually robbed him at knife point and had the police been involved then the one that got the money off the original robber would have been arrested and the other bloke let go
@Dale Philip Dear Dale,
As a Sri Lankan we have apologizing for this incident.. There are few idiots in here like him.. I'm really sorry for happen this to you..
Donât apologise sir we have scammers in the U.K. if fact no place is free from them, advise to all traveling folks donât trust people you donât know.
Chandroo Jay yes you are right
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Step 1: Avoid countries like this completely
Oh ..you havent encountered any scammers in your country ??
Thank you for sharing the video dale. I'm against all this that happens everywhere in the world. Hope people find your video helpful I shared your video on Facebook
Had enough time to semi inspect that scaffold on that building lol thanks. Though really itâs what I do. Itâs a pass time of my pass time of my actual scaffolding job. Really interesting for me to see how itâs built differently all across the world. Thanks Dale! Iâll be following you to see if thereâs anymoređ
Well done and good detective work. đ Your poker playing skills coming in handy too on the unknown streets !!
im From Sri Lanka
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Love Sri Lanka from India
@@kudupugaganbhaskar love India from Sri Lanka
âHave you been here before?â translates to âhave you been scammed before?â...scam is this way đ
Iâm sorry that this happened and I apologise on his behalf
No Tsunami Temple in Colombo
Prageeth Balasuriya itâs in Galle or Matara if Iâm not mistaken.
WTF is a Tsunami temple anyway? People worship the idol of a giant wave?
Its in Paraliya, Galle, a Buddhist Temple to remember the people who died on that day
Galle is a long frigginâ way from the streets of Colombo and he was offering to take Dale to take him there?
@@sammywhammy007 its a scam virtual shit to take tourists and ask money
Really appreciate your sharing this video with so much detail - it helps all fellow travelers identify not only this scam, but other similar scams. It's unfortunate that we have to keep our guards up instead of just enjoying everything, but that's the way it is.
TBH if anyone approaches you like this you know he up to no good ,well i do done a lot of travelling you can see them far enough give them sign language lol
Please make a playlist dedicated to the scams you have experienced
Love these vids from travel vloggers about local scammers. Something I've always wanted to see is the vlogger just say "Look mate, I know what you're doing and I know how it all works" and ask them to go sit somewhere with you and do an interview about the scams. Blurred face, distorted voice or whatever. Give them some cash for their time. I'd be interesting.
I'm a Si Lankan and am ashamed of this type of scams targeting tourists. Thanx for exposing them.
He will find it much harder to scam when thousands of people recognise his face. đđ
Went to Sri Lanka for a holiday a year ago. Amazing place and highly recommended. We dealt with these 'scammers' very early on by simply ignoring them. Absolutely no interaction. The moment you start talking back, they feel they have a chance to convince you. Be polite, say no thanks, and ignore everything else they say as if they don't exist.
What if you meet one who has a blade on him and as soon as you turn down his swindle he slashes or thrusts at your neck and then he runs?
@@DLIX2DCLI afraid of the dark?
@@GreatwhiteShark88
No. I watch gore videos and saw a video from India where a guy was sitting at a bar drinking and one guy comes behind him and slashed his throat with a box cutter and within seconds the victim died in his pool of blood lol.
@@DLIX2DCLI sounds like India to me..
@@DLIX2DCLIweirdo
The worst scammer of all timeđ....you literally had a cam in your hand....but he didn't even notice it was recorded
0:37 they are all connected like a hive!đ
I get the same scammers in Las Vegas. It starts with, "Where you from?" I don't answer. Then they insult you for not answering. Better to be insulted than dragged into their scam.
I visit vegas twice a year now for almost 2 years now going on a third year; love the food, and with a cheap hotel, you can eat cheap most days and save up enough money to splurge at a fancy place you wouldn't get to back home and the entire trip (I drive there, doesn't take long) ends up being well worth the price of the visit.
I got scammed 20 bucks one time and from then on I learned one of the best ways aside from not answering to the "where u from" question is to reply "I live here" even if they think or know i'm from out of town, i always reply that I live here followed by a "not interested" if I feel the need arise to add that bit on, and just keep. on. walkin'.
Also if you get offered free tickets to a show/gondola ride and what-not, then yes, it IS legit free stuff, after a 1-2 hour presentation that they chauffeur you to-and-back for free in order to sell you on a timeshare thats HELLA pricey and once you google this "scam" of which they ask you NOT to pull out your phones during the presentation (Obvious red flag there so you don't google them once you know their company name lol) you will find HELLA one star reviews because it's their job to sell you on the product, and not to follow through on the quality you were shown at the presentation that is obviously way too good to be anywhere near true.
Best to just pay for the 100-150 bucks to that Ka at Cirque de Soleil show or MJ experience that to sit through that salespitch again; just look for the people in purple/maroon colored suits and avoid them. But hey, if you want a free 79 dollar ticket to Zumanity then by all means.
I very nearly ended up beating a guy sparco on the Vegas strip for the same reason, he was barely on his second sentence and the only thing that prevented it was a passing bike canary cop...
About 25 years I was with my family on holidays & we went to Las Vegas. We were walking up the strip & one of my younger brothers got targeted by this pathetic scammer. My oldest brother stepped in to shoo the scammer away. My brother was obviously not interested in what the scammer had to offer, turned & walked away with my younger brother. The scammer yelled at my older brother "you asshole faggot!" BIG MISTAKE! Later on my younger brother told us that my older brother turned around, grabbed the scammer, and body slammed him into the concrete. Out cold. Discussion over. đđđ
I just act like I don't hear them and continue on my way. Anytime a stranger starts off with "sir", I already know they just want my money.
I hold my hand out when i see them coming, and just say "I'm not interested". Once one got upset with me and said "You don't even know what i'm going to say", i said, "i'm not interested in what you want to say".
Dale - Thanks for sharing this experience and for warning other tourists. Love your accent, lad.
this happened to me in peru. except we continue with our agenda to tour an area of the city, the man just followed us blabbing along. perfect english again, and when we were done he got extremely agressive and yelled at us for money. thankfully i had pocket change only. he was very displeased but i learnt my leason
You gotta learn how to say "GET TF AWAY FROM ME"
Just walk away and say no words. It works everytime
Exactly.
Part of the reason for visiting a country is to meet and interact with its people.
While you have to be weary of criminals and scammers, becoming paranoid can ruin your experience.
Avoiding anyone who is attempting to lead you to a particular place or area is always a good idea and needless to say. purchasing items from complete strangers will never work out well.
The main problem is that being street wise in your own country is fairly simple, but it is a lot harder in other parts of the world.
not every time it doesn't, people have been known to be followed and attacked for ignoring them
Similar scams to this in Thailand. Some random good Samaritan will stop you on the street and ask where you're going, then they tell you that attraction is closed for maintenance, they then say they can flag a tuk tuk and organise him to take you to a few alternate attractions. He flags down a tuk tuk who is the other partner in the scam and haggle the price down to make it look like you're getting a fair price, if you are naive enough to get in the tuk tuk the driver will ask you if he can take you to one extra place just to have a look, the place turns out to be a tailor shop where they have their high pressure sales pitch ready to go. The shop owner doesn't ask if you want a suit they just get the tape measure and get your measurements and then sit you down with a catalog and give you a free class of coke, sit down with pen in hand and order book open and ask you which suit you'll be buying. They don't take no for an answer until you stand up and walk out on them and get back in the tuk tuk. The tuk tuk then drives off and he says he needs to take you to one more place (they get cash payments for bringing customers and bonuses if the customer buys something). You get the general idea. The tuk tuks are notorious for this , taxis less so, they tend to scam by driving with the meter off or have the meter rigged to overcharge, so always go by the meter and watch it closely from the moment you get in the vehicle. As for the tuk tuks I recommend you avoid them completely. General advice is to do extensive research about scams at any place you plan going to, it will save you time, stress and money.
Thanks. So many countries have this issue. I once had a couple of very large men in France/Paris grab a hold of my autistic 12 year old while walking past, and once I noticed and turned around, they were trying to make a bracelet on him which they demanded I pay for, and I literally yelled at them that they had kidnapped my child and I was going to yell for the police. They continued to try and tell me to pay, so I yelled Police. They let go of him and fled. Not the only scam that was attempted whilst there. I hate Paris. I am thinking of going to Sri Lanka. I will be ready for this one, and pretend Im in Paris, and spend much less time with these people than you unfortunately did. So thanks.
Hello, dear Dale!
Sorry this happened to you.
Unfortunately, There are a few people like him who try to rob off when they see a tourist.
Be careful.
Thanks God, you're so smart Scottish man.
And thanks for sharing all sides of your experiences.
Take care, stay safe and healthy.
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I'm proudly Sri Lankan and I feel disgraced to see our visitors being tormented like this! I think sunglasses and earphones (not necessarily playing music) could go a long way to shake these buggers off! Happy and safe travels Dale! Thank you for the good exposure you're bringing us with your videos! Good stuff
I need to learn how to say "get lost" in Sinhalase. Maybe that will make these guys think I'm not an easy target like a tourist who's just arrived.
@@Dale_Philip LOL! I'll give you some vocab mate, no worries!
1. "Mata epa" = I don't want (Mata = For me & "epa" = don't want/ no need)
2. "Yanna" = simply "go"
3. "Yana-wako yanna" = something to the effect "Can you get the hell out of my face?"
4. "Pala-yan yanna" = this is more forceful and rude (I think this best suits "Get lost") Also stress "pala", like PALAyan yanna!
Obviously 3 and 4 are not considered filth, just forceful and rude.
An applicable filthy word in this context would be "PAKO", *PLEASE USE WITH CAUTION* The weight of this word is pretty much in the scale of "f*cker". You can place it absolutely anywhere (eg: all 3 works equally well - pako palayan yanna, palayan pako yanna, palayan yanna pako)
Well, this sure has been fun! Hope this helps! Cheers! :D
@@93pula I screenshoted this for future reference. Thank you very much đđ
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HI Dude.
I also had plesure to meet this guy in Colombo 3 times because I was living in this city over 1year. 1st time he sold the same story to me as well. After couple of minutes I saw him close to the President's House. But that time he didn't start talking to me again. Again I saw him walking arround the area where I met him for the first time. I have well memory for faces it is why I recognized this bugger on your video.
Greetings Lukasz
I'm so angry that he's been able to make a living from scamming people this way for so long. Truly disgusting.
Dale Philip truly disgusting to hear. Sorry about it Dale
@@Dale_Philip You should have reported the bastard to the tourist police. Sorry it happened to you in here.
Should inform the police.
@4:17 it was a security guard, not police officer.
As Sri Lankans we are really shamed. Because of these type of people.
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Thanks for your advice and for spreading the awareness for people wanting to visit Sri Lanka. Interesting video. I would not want to be chased be a scammer all day long.đ€â€đđđ
Love this video catches the scam!! Keeps it respectful but points out the problem. You donât see this very much in the U.S. to have a problem but to be respectful about and just bring the facts!!
As a fello Scot, good on you for letting people know and not taken his crap!
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These videos are very interesting, I want to visit all these places and your experiences let me know what to look out for.
Much love from England :)