Most common scam types
City guides
Nice
🔴 9 highTaxi rigging · Overcharging
Cannes
🔴 6 highTaxi rigging · Pickpocketing
Paris
🔴 8 highPickpocketing · Bracelet scam
Marseille
🔴 5 highBracelet scam · Pickpocketing
Avignon
🔴 6 highPickpocketing · Petition scam
Bordeaux
🔴 3 highPickpocketing · Petition scam
Chamonix
🔴 2 highFake police · Pickpocketing
Lyon
🔴 4 highPickpocketing · Petition scam
St Tropez
🔴 5 highPickpocketing · Taxi rigging
Strasbourg
🔴 6 highPickpocketing · Petition scam
Toulouse
🔴 5 highBracelet scam · Petition scam
Annecy
🔴 3 highPickpocketing · Petition scam
Biarritz
🔴 2 highPickpocketing · ATM skimming
Colmar
🔴 4 highPickpocketing · Petition scam
Mont-Saint-Michel
🔴 3 highMontpellier
🔴 5 highPickpocketing · Petition scam
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