Short Kindle books documenting the exact tourist scams travelers encounter — every one drawn from traveler reports, embassy advisories, and local police warnings, with the scripts, red flags, and moves that shut them down. $4.99 each. Updated annually.
The series kicks off with Japan — the most-requested destination on r/JapanTravel, and the first to go through our full research-to-Kindle pipeline.
From Tokyo's ¥130,000 bar trap to the fake-monk donation at every temple and Nara's deer problem — 60 scams across 9 cities, with the scripts, red flags, and the moves that shut each one down. Launching 2026 on Amazon Kindle.
The first 15 titles in the series, ordered by traveler volume. Each country has a free scams guide on tabiji.ai you can read right now while you wait for the book.
Launching 2026 · Kindle
Read about the book →Book coming · 2026
Free France scams →Book coming · 2026
Free Spain scams →Book coming · 2026
Free US scams →Book coming · 2026
Free Italy scams →Book coming · 2026
Free Türkiye scams →Book coming · 2026
Free Mexico scams →Book coming · 2026
Free Germany scams →Book coming · 2026
Free UK scams →Book coming · 2026
Free Thailand scams →Book coming · 2026
Free Greece scams →Book coming · 2026
Free Portugal scams →Book coming · 2026
Free Vietnam scams →Book coming · 2026
Free Morocco scams →Book coming · 2026
Free Indonesia scams →43 more queued
All free scam guides →We've indexed 1,587 Reddit-backed travel guides and documented 200+ scams across 110 countries. The Travel Safety Series is that work, edited down into pocket-sized guides you can read on the flight over.
Every scam is drawn from real traveler reports, embassy advisories, and local police warnings — cross-checked, not copied from generic guidebook warnings.
You get the exact opening lines scammers use, the specific red flags that give them away, and the words that shut them down.
Scams evolve. We re-research and update each book every year — buy once, re-download future editions from your Amazon library.
Quick answers about the Travel Safety Series.
A series of pocket-sized Kindle books, one per country, documenting the exact tourist scams travelers encounter — with scripts, red flags, and the moves that shut each scam down.
Every scam in every book is sourced from real traveler posts on Reddit (r/JapanTravel, r/travel, country-specific subreddits) and verified against local news and official safety advisories.
We're targeting one new country per quarter. Japan launches first, with Thailand, Italy, and Mexico next in 2026.
$4.99 USD on Amazon Kindle. Price varies slightly by Amazon region.
Yes — every book is re-researched annually. Buy once, re-download future editions from your Amazon library at no extra cost.
The first book in the series launches on Amazon Kindle in 2026. Read about it, preview three of the scams, and see everything that's inside.
Read about Japan: Tourist Scams →