Most common scam types
Taxi rigging 6ATM skimming 3Overcharging 2Pickpocketing 2Currency swap 1
City guides
Manuel Antonio
🔴 3 high7 scams documented
La Fortuna
🔴 2 high7 scams documented
Taxi rigging
Puerto Viejo
🔴 3 high7 scams documented
Liberia
🔴 3 high7 scams documented
Taxi rigging · ATM skimming
Jacó
🔴 3 high7 scams documented
Taxi rigging
Tamarindo
🔴 3 high7 scams documented
Taxi rigging · ATM skimming
San Jose
🔴 4 high7 scams documented
Taxi rigging · Pickpocketing
Monteverde
🔴 1 high5 scams documented
Overcharging
Tortuguero
🔴 2 high5 scams documented
Santa Teresa
🔴 3 high5 scams documented
ATM skimming
Quepos
🔴 1 high5 scams documented
Overcharging · Taxi rigging
📖 Costa Rica: Tourist Scams
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Manuel Antonio “park closed” fake-ranger $40 access-fee shakedowns. SJO airport taxi-meter overcharges. La Fortuna ATV / hot-springs bait-and-switch combos. Tamarindo 90-minute timeshare traps. Tortuguero turtle-tour “guide” demands. Every documented Costa Rica scam — with the exact scripts, red flags, and Costa Rican Spanish phrases that shut each one down. Drawn from Reddit, U.S. Embassy alerts, and OIJ (Organismo de Investigación Judicial) police reports.
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