Real Tourist Scam Warnings Before You Travel.

People posing as Buddhist monks approach tourists around Hangzhou's temples — especially the famous Lingyin Temple — offering a "blessing", a bracelet, or a small medallion, then press for a "donation", often flashing a list of previous gifts of 100–500 RMB to anchor the expected amount. Genuine Chinese monks live in monasteries and do not roam tourist areas soliciting money, and fake-monk donation scams have been reported in Hangzhou and across China's temple sites.

Munich's high-profile public gathering spaces (markets, sporting events, religious sites, restaurants) face elevated terrorist threat specifically targeting foreign nationals. Unlike traditional scams, this represents genuine security risk from ideologically motivated actors in crowded tourist areas.

Coach and minibus day-trip operators advertise low headline prices then add fees, rush the stops, or cram oversized groups, and some 'guides' are unlicensed and skip promised sites.

Around the Galway Races and the July Arts Festival, fraudulent listings for city-centre flats that do not exist (or are not the lister's to rent) take deposits, usually pushing bank transfer to 'avoid platform fees'.

Machine-made imported jumpers are sold as hand-knit Aran sweaters, and base-metal rings as genuine Irish-made Claddagh rings, both at inflated 'authentic' prices.