A look inside
Every scam in the book gets a four-panel comic. A sneak peek of two of the 75:
75 documented tourist scams across 12 Canadian cities — drawn from Canadian press (Globe and Mail, Toronto Star, CBC News, CTV News, Montreal Gazette, Vancouver Sun) and Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre (1-888-495-8501) records. You’ll learn the exact scripts scammers use in Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver, the red flags that give them away, and the calm English (and French) scripts that shut them down.
A preview of what’s documented — scripts, red flags, and the moves that shut each scam down.
Every scam in the book gets a four-panel comic. A sneak peek of two of the 75:
From Toronto’s Pearson fake-Uber and taxi-card-swap corridor to Montreal’s winter parking-tow trap, Whistler’s CBC-documented QR-sticker fraud, Calgary Stampede’s ticket-scalper fakes, Banff’s Pursuit Collection American-pricing overcharge, and Vancouver’s Gastown fake-monk bracelet scam — full coverage of where travelers actually get caught out.
Volumes 1–9 (Japan, Italy, France, Thailand, Greece, Vietnam, Spain, Indonesia, China) set the series structure. Canada sits at a dense crossroads of North-American scam archetypes — the airport Uber cancel-and-cash script, the taxi card-swap fraud, the off-platform vacation-rental booking fraud, and the captive-market mountain-town pricing inflation. Learn the Canada pattern and you’ll spot the same move in New York, Chicago, Seattle, and Sydney.
Every scam is documented against Canadian news coverage — Globe and Mail, Toronto Star, CBC News, CTV News, Montreal Gazette, Vancouver Sun, Calgary Herald, National Post — plus RCMP and provincial-police advisories, Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre (1-888-495-8501) reports, Competition Bureau consumer warnings, and firsthand traveler accounts on r/canada, r/askTO, r/vancouver, and r/montreal. Named operators and dated incidents where we have them.
A full appendix of exit phrases in both official Canadian languages — “No thank you / Non merci”, “Please don’t touch me / S’il vous plaît, ne me touchez pas”, “I’d like to call 911 to verify” — with context on when to use them and which Canadian police service to ask for. Plus the 6 universal scam patterns that let you spot variations we haven’t documented yet.
Scams evolve. Toronto taxi card-swap variants rotate every season. Whistler parking-QR stickers appear in new lots each winter. Calgary Stampede ticket-scalper networks shift with each year’s lineup. Banff’s Pursuit Collection pricing updates annually — we re-research and update each book every year. Buy once, re-download future editions from your Amazon library.
“What the guidebooks won’t tell you.”
Canada is Volume 10 of 15 flagship titles. Prior volumes cover Japan, Italy, France, Thailand, Greece, Vietnam, Spain, Indonesia, and China — all live on Amazon Kindle. Each country gets the same treatment — real traveler stories, local-press sourced, annual updates.
Volume 1 · Live
Volume 2 · Live
Volume 3 · Live
Volume 4 · Live
Volume 5 · Live
Volume 6 · Live
Volume 7 · Live
Volume 8 · Live
Volume 9 · Live
Volume 10 · Featured
All upcoming titles
Quick answers about the book, pricing, and updates.
Kindle eBook and 6×9″ trade paperback — the Kindle reads on any phone, tablet, or computer with the free Kindle app, and the paperback is available through Amazon’s KDP print-on-demand network.
302 pages in paperback, ~230 pages on Kindle — written to be read in a single flight over and referenced on your phone in-country.
$4.99 USD on Amazon Kindle. Price varies slightly by Amazon region.
Yes — we re-research and update each book annually as scams evolve. Buy once, re-download future editions from your Amazon library at no extra cost.
Yes. Amazon’s standard Kindle refund policy applies — you have 7 days from purchase to return for a full refund, no questions asked.
75 scams, 12 Canadian cities, the exact scripts and calm English and French phrases you need. $4.99 — read it on the flight over.