Tabiji.ai Travel Safety Series · Volume 5

Don’t lose ₹50,000 to a Paharganj “your hotel is canceled” rebooking on arrival in Delhi.

60 documented tourist scams across 12 Indian cities — drawn from Reddit (r/India, r/IndiaTravel), the Times of India, News18, Telangana Today, Deccan Herald, Outlook Traveller, and U.S./UK embassy advisories. You’ll learn the exact New Delhi Station polo-shirt “tourism” rebooking trap, the Hawa Mahal rickshaw textile detour, the Mumbai dating-app pub-bill ambush, the Goa WhatsApp “fixer” deposit fraud, and the Hindi phrases that shut them down on the spot.

📖 193 pages paperback / ~220 Kindle 📱 Kindle eBook + 6×9 paperback 🌏 12 Indian cities ⚠️ 60 scams
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India: Tourist Scams book cover — Amar Chitra Katha-style scene of a Western tourist at the Taj Mahal east-gate approach with an autorickshaw driver pitching a 'free tour' beside a yellow-and-green tuk-tuk — title INDIA, 60 documented scams, 12 cities, Volume Five

Inside this book

A preview of what’s documented — scripts, red flags, and the moves that shut each scam down.

60 scams 12 cities Reddit, Times of India + embassy advisories Updated annually
Excerpt · Delhi

The New Delhi Station Fake Tourist Office

You roll off the overnight train from Agra, bags heavy, looking for the tourist information desk. A man in a neat polo shirt offers to help, says he’s with the “Delhi Tourism office” just outside, and walks you through Paharganj to a professional storefront with maps on the wall and an “India Tourism” sign. Inside, a suited “agent” tells you your hotel booking has been canceled in a system failure, and rebooks you into a $300–$500 package of pre-paid tours. The hotels on the brochure don’t exist. The real India Tourism office is at 88 Janpath, in a government building…

Red flag: Anyone in or near a railway station claiming to be a tourism official. Real India Tourism staff don’t recruit travelers off platforms.
Full pattern, the 88 Janpath address, and the Hindi phrase that ends it — inside.
Excerpt · Jaipur

The Hawa Mahal Rickshaw Textile Detour

An auto-rickshaw driver heading to Hawa Mahal slows down and shakes his head sadly. “Today closed for VIP visit.” Or: “Cleaning, not allowing tourists.” He pivots: “But I know better place, very famous, very authentic, free for you.” That “free” place is a textile or gem emporium where he earns 30–40% commission on whatever you buy. The Pink City’s monuments are rarely actually closed, but you can’t verify from inside the rickshaw. r/IndiaTravel threads document the same script across Hawa Mahal, City Palace, and the Amber Fort approach…

Red flag: A driver telling you a major Jaipur monument is closed and offering an alternative “free” destination.
Full pattern, the ASI website check, and how to refuse a redirect — inside.
Excerpt · Mumbai

The Dating-App Café Bill Trap

An attractive Tinder or Bumble match suggests a trendy bar in Andheri West or Bandra. The drinks keep coming, your date “gets an emergency call” and disappears, and a waiter delivers a ₹30,000–₹60,000 bill for items you never ordered — including a “premium bottle” you didn’t see. The Times of India ran a story in late 2024 on a Mumbai pub-bill ring tied to dating apps; the average tab handed to the male tourist was ₹61,000. Several of the bars have rotated names but operate at the same addresses…

Red flag: A first-meet date who insists on a specific bar in Andheri West, Bandra, or Khar — especially if she orders “the usual.”
Full pattern, the named addresses, and the “I want to see the menu prices” move — inside.

A look inside

Every scam in the book gets a hand-painted Amar Chitra Katha-style comic. A sneak peek of two of the 60:

The New Delhi Station Fake Tourist Office — comic illustration
Delhi · The New Delhi Station Fake Tourist Office
The Hawa Mahal Rickshaw Textile Detour — comic illustration
Jaipur · The Hawa Mahal Rickshaw Textile Detour

12 Indian cities covered

From the New Delhi Station polo-shirt “tourism” rebooking trap to the Agra marble-factory commission detour, the Hawa Mahal rickshaw bait-and-switch, the Lake Pichola sunset-photo extortion, the Varanasi ghats “cremation tax,” the Mumbai dating-app pub-bill ambush, the Goa WhatsApp “fixer” deposit fraud, the Bengaluru Silk Board meter manipulation, and the Rishikesh ashram donation pressure — full coverage of where travelers actually get caught out across the Golden Triangle, Rajasthan, the Ganges, the east, the west, the south, and the Himalayan foothills.

🛕 Delhi
🕌 Agra
🏰 Jaipur
🛶 Udaipur
🪔 Varanasi
🌉 Kolkata
🌊 Mumbai
🏖️ Goa
🌳 Bangalore
🕍 Hyderabad
🏝️ Chennai
🧘 Rishikesh

Why tabiji.ai writes these books

India is Volume 5 of the Travel Safety Series. The book covers the twelve most-visited Indian cities — the capital and Golden Triangle (Delhi, Agra, Jaipur), Rajasthan’s lake-palace flagship (Udaipur), the Ganges (Varanasi, Rishikesh), the east (Kolkata), the west (Mumbai, Goa), and the south (Bangalore, Hyderabad, Chennai) — ordered so the heaviest tourist corridors come first.

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Reddit + Indian press sourced

Every scam is documented against Reddit traveler threads — r/India, r/IndiaTravel, r/incredibleindia, r/Mumbai, r/delhi, r/solotravel — plus the Times of India, News18, Telangana Today, Deccan Herald, Outlook Traveller, U.S./UK/Canadian embassy advisories, and Tourist Police bulletins. Named addresses, dated incidents, and exact rupee amounts where we have them.

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Hindi exit phrases, not vague warnings

A full appendix of Hindi exit phrases — “nahin chahiye” (don’t want), “bas, bas” (enough, enough), “main bhugtan nahi karunga” (I will not pay), “tourist police kahan hai?” (where is the tourist police?) — with English, Devanagari script, Latin transliteration, and a practical pronunciation cue, plus when to deploy each one. Plus six universal scam patterns that let you spot variations the book doesn’t document yet.

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Updated annually

Scams evolve. Paharganj “India Tourism” storefronts reopen under new names. Goa WhatsApp “fixer” numbers rotate weekly. Mumbai dating-app pub crews change addresses. The rupee floats and tourist-corridor pricing shifts quarterly. We re-research and update each book every year. Buy once, re-download future editions from your Amazon library.

TABIJI · TRAVEL SAFETY What the guidebooks won’t tell you. Silk Board auto-rickshaw meters tick at twice the legal rate. Paharganj “India Tourism” offices rebook your trip into a $400 package. Lake Pichola boatmen quote ₹200 and demand ₹500 per photo. This book documents 60 specific scams across 12 Indian cities — drawn from Reddit r/India and r/IndiaTravel reports, the Times of India, News18, embassy advisories, and consumer-protection investigations. You’ll learn the scripts, the red flags, and the Hindi phrases that end them. INSIDE 60 scams with exact Hindi scripts and rupee amounts Six universal red-flag patterns covering every scam in India An Amar Chitra Katha-style comic for every scam entry Delhi, Agra, Jaipur, Udaipur, Mumbai, Varanasi & 6 more Hindi phrases with pronunciation + Devanagari script PLUS A Hindi exit-phrase card you can screenshot to your phone A post-scam recovery playbook (first 15 min, hour, day, week) Emergency contacts: Tourist Police 1363, all-emergency 112, every embassy KINDLE & PAPERBACK · 2026

“What the guidebooks won’t tell you.”

Part of the Travel Safety Series

India is the latest title in the Travel Safety Series. Japan, Italy, Egypt, Costa Rica, France, Thailand, Greece, Vietnam, Spain, Indonesia, China, Canada, Mexico, Turkey, Germany, Brazil, Portugal, United Kingdom, Morocco, Australia, and Colombia are all live. Each country gets the same treatment — real traveler stories, embassy-advisory sourced, annual updates.

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Frequently asked

Quick answers about the book, pricing, and updates.

What format is this book?

Kindle eBook and 193-page 6×9 paperback — readable on any phone, tablet, or computer with the free Kindle app, on any Kindle device, or as a cream-stock paperback for offline reference in-country.

How long is it?

193 pages in paperback (6×9 cream stock), approximately 220 pages on Kindle — written to be read on the flight over and referenced on your phone in-country.

How much does it cost?

$4.99 USD on Amazon Kindle. Price varies slightly by Amazon region.

Will the book be updated?

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.

Can I get a refund?

Yes. Amazon’s standard Kindle refund policy applies — you have 7 days from purchase to return for a full refund, no questions asked.

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60 scams, 12 Indian cities, the exact scripts and Hindi phrases you need. $4.99 — read it on the flight over.

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