Other Tourist Scams in Calgary, Canada
Timeshares, fake police, charity fraud, and miscellaneous scams targeting visitors. Below are the other scams scams reported in Calgary — how they work and how to avoid them.
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Last updated: April 2, 2026
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How it works
During the 10-day Calgary Stampede in July, scalpers outside the Stampede grounds sell tickets at 2-5x face value, and a portion are sophisticated counterfeits with copied barcodes. Counterfeit tickets scan as already used at the gate and neither the Calgary Stampede nor the scalper provides any recourse. This is among the most common tourist financial crimes reported in Calgary annually.
How it works
A subset of midway carnival game operators at the Stampede grounds operate games with physics designed to make winning practically impossible — ring tosses with rings smaller than bottle necks, basketball hoops that are oval, and milk bottle games with weighted bottles. Large sums are extracted from visitors trying to win oversized prizes.
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