Most common scam types
City guides
Barcelona
🔴 5 highPickpocketing · Fake police
Seville
🔴 3 highPickpocketing
Madrid
🔴 5 highPickpocketing · Taxi rigging
Granada
🔴 3 highPickpocketing · Taxi rigging
Gran Canaria
🔴 4 highTaxi rigging · Pickpocketing
Ibiza
🔴 4 highTaxi rigging · Overcharging
Lanzarote
🔴 1 highTaxi rigging
Malaga
🔴 1 highTaxi rigging · Pickpocketing
Tenerife
🔴 4 highTaxi rigging · Pickpocketing
Valencia
🔴 4 highOvercharging · Pickpocketing
Palma de Mallorca
🔴 2 highTaxi rigging · Pickpocketing
Santiago de Compostela
🔴 1 highTaxi rigging
Toledo
🔴 1 highPickpocketing · Overcharging
Bilbao
🔴 1 highOvercharging · Pickpocketing
San Sebastián
🔴 2 highOvercharging · Pickpocketing
Córdoba
🔴 1 highPickpocketing · Taxi rigging
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