Avoid this tourist SCAM in Colombo, Sri Lanka. 🇱🇰
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 26 ก.ย. 2024
- When travelling in Sri Lanka as a foreigner you'll no doubt be approached by men who try to appear as friendly citizens. They will attempt to coax you to somewhere, such as a "beautiful temple that you must go and see." Watch as this man follows me through the streets, desperately trying to convince me to go see the (fake) "Tsunami Temple", despite me showing zero interest in it.
These scammers and their cheap tricks are not representative of the genuine good people of Sri Lanka. Unfortunately, as foreigner, they will be seeking you out so it would be easy to think that every local is bad when in fact it's a very small number of bad people.
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Any scammers approach just remember the points to avoid them easily:
1- give them angry face 😠
2- ignore them😎
3-say no 🙄
4- walk fast 🚶🏻♂️
5- use your phone pretending your talking to someone .📱
Just punch his face dude
They will still follow what do you do then?
For No.4, I would run
Be careful about pulling out phone. Their intent might be to steal your phone. Or get snatch off your hand by a passing
motorcycle. I hear it happens a lot in Vietnam by thieves.
Just kick on his bloody ass
Nothing screams "vulnerable tourist" like a backpack and a selfie stick
especially in a 3rd world country
@Henry Discipline effected English? What the hell is that
it's not the backpack, it's the selfie stick.
@@kenichi407 First thing I thought as well.
Well this guy read the scam and exposed them. What do you do with your life down there in your mothers basement?
Rule #1: do not engage in a conversation with them!
yeah i dont speak english works LMAO
They just don’t leave u anyway it doesn’t matter
@@Humansaretheproblem99 Na man, that just encourages them to bother other people.
@@Humansaretheproblem99 Waste of money. But if you're loaded AF, why not?
@@danielwells774 lmao good point 😂
ONE BIG TIP FOR TOURISTS: IF YOU NOTICE SOMEONE IS FOLLOWING YOU, DO THE FOLLOWING:
1. TELL THEM YOU DON'T NEED THEIR COMPANY. USE A VOICE TRANSLATOR SO THEY UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU MEAN
2. STOP BEING SO NICE TO THEM. BE STRAIGHT FORWARD AND FIRM WITH WHAT YOU ARE SAYING
3. STOP WALKING AROUND WITH THEM AND FIND A VERY PUBLIC PLACE AND OPENLY TELL THEM TO GO AWAY
4. THREATEN TO CALL THE POLICE IF THEY KEEP FOLLOWING YOU OR ASK FOR THE NEAREST POLICE STATION AND TELL THEM TO COME WITH YOU TO TOUR THE POLICE STATION.
THINGS YOU MUST NOT DO:
1. DO NOT BE NICE TO THEM BECAUSE THEY INTERPRET THAT AS ACCEPTANCE OR TOLERANCE
2. DO NOT OFFER THEM ANYTHING LIKE MONEY OR A DRINK OR FOOD
3. DO NOT ALLOW THEM TO START A CONVERSATION OR SUGGEST ALTERNATIVE PATHWAYS
4. DO NOT WORRY ABOUT THEIR REACTION TO REJECTION
5. DO NOT WALK AROUND WITH THEM BY YOUR SIDE OR RIGHT BEHIND YOU OR TOO CLOSE
6. ONE MORE THING... DO NOT BE NICE TO THEM... REMEMBER THEY ARE DEFINITELY NOT GOOD PEOPLE
All i needed
This is a good list, but can also lead to aggression on their side. I did basically this and got threarend for my life in return in Tanzania.
So finding a good middle is key. Firm but friendly no is still the best way, that never lead to me being scammed AND threatend.
Dale literally did the do not things and got away lol
The trick is to use caps lock when communicating with them 😂
Erm you might not even want to engage with them in any form in the first place..no eye contact no conversation no exchange
You are totally right Dale. We despise scammers like him. Spread the awareness.
Your cute
@Rashaenka Nah, He's a scammer. So he's not my people.
@@Nayana-4S7NDR I totally agree with you. He is the kind or marginal being that exists in all countries, especially in big cities.
@@grandadan Well said :)
@@Nayana-4S7NDR any scammer is not our kind nice response
This happened to me in Mexico. Less than a minute into the scammer's conversation, i told him i had lost my wallet and asked if i could borrow $20. :D
K
Thats a good one for sure
This is just like what my sister-in-law's dad (he's American) did when one man approached him asking him to give money with all kinds of sob stories he already had a huge wad of cash with him and was asking all the foreigners in that area. One story was that he has two kids he needs to feed, so my SIL's dad replied, 'oh wow really, I have 8 kids to feed, maybe you should give me money." The guy shook his head no and left quickly with that.
Lol
Yes, when you see someone that you know will beg for money, ask for a loan before he can. Works everywhere.
These people make my country ashamed!! Sorry about that mate!! There is no temple call Tsunami in Colombo for sure.
Thanks for the info buddy, I have searched everywhere 🤣🤣🤣👍
I feel the same as a Sri Lankan.
Hey, got to know that you are back in Colombo. Please let me know if you like to have a cup of coffee wherever you want in Colombo. I'll sponsor you :-)
@@lasa47 hopefully it is not going to be in the TSUNAMI temple in Colombo !!
@@kumbaya234 hahahaaaa.....
I’m married to an Irishman and I took him to Sri Lanka to show my heritage, I’ve never dealt with that kind of stress and frustration when I took my man to my home country. My ancestors beautiful land❤️ and these scumming scammers just ruin my day and my sanity, it was difficult alone being the person who can speak some what Sinhala and still fight my way through with the folks who annoy and irritated trying to be guides when I know damn well where I want to go and want to be simply left alone in peace in my own country to walk with the man I love without fighting and crying on the road because of these silly people. Watching this video gave my PTSD.
These scammers need to be whipped. Travel safe mate!
In places like Sri Lanka, India and Thailand, they operate with the collusion of the local police and usually they get a cut.
Unfortunately some of these people ruin the whole experience of some of the tourists who come less informed. Delhi, India is horrible when it comes to these scams and funnily most of them have been captured and documented on TH-cam and yet they do the same moves from the old playbook.
I consider them more as pests than scammers since most of their schemes are so bunny brained and easy to spot unless you are a total idiot.
One good move is not to talk to them or engage them and just ignore them and keep walking.
I would be happy to arrange the whipping!
:)
Im a srilankan and I've never heard of a tsunami temple...
Huh haaa. You are a Sri Lankan and you don't know where is the Tsunami Temple in Sri Lanka? Shame on you.... Tsunami Honganji Vihara is located in Peraliya (Near Hikkaduwa) - Take a train and get off at Telwatta Railway Station. It was open in December 2006 (12 1/2 years ago) as a memorial to the over 35,000 Sri Lankans killed by the Tsunami in 2004. BTW, I was born in Sri Lanka, but living in aboard for over 15 years.
Oscar Nonis u just owned that dude
Well done
Itsyaboi joosh lmfao
@@OscarNonis there's no tsunami temple in Colombo dude...maybe in hikkaduwa.This guy that tries to scam this foreign dude is trying to take him to imaginary "tsunami" temple in Colombo...plus the tsunami temple is not a huge must visit landmark in srilanka like dalada maligawa or something....
@@OscarNonis not really bruh
Dude your accent went from Scottish to south African to Russian wtf
Fake.
No he didnt
Exactly what I was thinkin, thought it was me..
The English/ Scottish have this problem of when we are talking to a foreigner, we put on their accent to help communicate! It doesn’t work but we still do it
Me I thought he was raussian
I had a similar situation in Cuba. I was there with my 13 year old daughter and a man kept following us. He said he knows the best place to buy cigars at a low price and kept trying to get us to go down alleys as we passed them. I told him no many times and he kept insisting we go with him. We were walking so fast and luckily found a little store to go in and he eventually left us alone. It was scary
🤣
Who said go there
Stay home
Stay safe 🤣
@@mainpagal8679 boy tf
@@mainpagal8679 if you’re scared stay in your room
@@mainpagal8679if you feel someone following you, do not go home, go to the nearest police station
@@mainpagal8679 Exactly LOL. Of all the places in the world, she decided to go to Cuba. You only got yourself to blame if you got scammed there.
I'm really sorry for this experience. I have already informed the nearby police stations about this guy. They will take care of this.
Sorry again for what you had to go through !
@Dr Shashi Mohan Sharma on what ground? Talking to a foreigner?
I agree that the man has ulterior motives, but to arrest him, I dont think this this video is enough.
Police get commissions too, they will free him in a heartbeat.
UPDATE : The guy was arrested last week. He was detained for few hours, warned and released. There was no enough points keep him detained.
But the police will keep an eye on him.
Therefore I can assure 1 more scammer is removed from the streets of Colombo.
Special thanks to Dale Philip for exposing this guy !
@@lowata :Yes, not to arrest him but yes to tell him that they will be with an eye on him and, yes if he carries on disturbing tourists yes he must go inside. Plus if a few complaints against him happen as somebody else reported him already to the police, yes he will be in trouble or otherwise it would be an encouragement for people like him to carry on doing that garbage around. For as a person that hates that kind of behaviour, yes he must be at least warned to stop doing that, or face consequences, and i guess Law in Sri Lanka is not that kind of weak against these ones like we have become in the west ruled by weak laws for bandits and hard tax for the ones paying their salaries.
Good work Thiwanka - such a beautiful country!!!
OMG!! the same person scammed me in the exact same place in 2016. He first claimed he was just showing me around because he likes helping tourists, then we ended up taking a rikshaw, which he stopped himself. After visiting few places, he stopped the rikshaw at an empty road where few people were passing by and asked me to pay a hefty amount of money. When I refused to pay the amount he asked for, he threatened to take me to the police and tell them I asked him to buy me drugs (which I didn't). When he saw that I wasn't afraid of the police, he started bargaining. I ended up paying only a fraction of the price he asked, and that wasn't cheap either. Lesson learnt!!
You're the one that should be taking him to the police. Hope this scumbag gets what he deserves eventually.
This as happened to my family someone did that and me and my family followed him then when he tried to get us to pay around £250 for walking we said no he threatened the police and every time we tried to walk off he blocked us so we had to push him over and walk off
@@hurricanedorian4897 glad you stood up for yourselves. 👍
Yea I only did it bc I had a adrenaline rush and I was not going to pay £250 for walking
Kinda of an example why I will NEVER go to this country... scamming is in the blood
"if he had told me there was free ice cream, or hot girls, or..."
there are no "hot girls" there believe me lol
It's a pretty big jump from free ice cream to the hot girls!
@@ItsFrankieBoy, what's so funny? Stop being rude
I be there are plenty of hot girls there. Hot girls with ice-cream and the retro Nintendo museum.
@@ItsFrankieBoy srilankan girls are fine af. you’re prolly not looking in the right places lmfao
08:09 did he just desperately said "I don't wanna see you again"? 😂
fuuuck He did!
OMGG he did!! da hell?!!! 🥲
Next time speak a made up language I find it works beautifully..
I would like to see this on youtube
nodozz2 😂👍🏻
Dont need to, my native language is Czech, he would never understand that :D
@ lol yeah that works, I speak Louisiana Cajun with a straight face they tend to wave and walk away...
nodozz2 Yakka foob mog. Grug pubbawup zink watoom gazork. Chumble spuzz!
Your first and only mistake was even acknowledging him, just completely ignore him.
why not try to scam him
Would that make for an interesting video?
Bigmac this video was not so interesting either
@Gab A a 12 minute video at that.
Chiraq JackBoy Get lost, I can't stand scammers.
These scammers need to up their game, nobody's scamming a Scottish lad 😅
Could have saved himself 10 minutes of walking and talking if he'd only asked where I was from. 😆
@@Dale_Philip lol
He needed to bring up alcohol.... although from my knowledge of Dale, reasonably priced Coke Zero would be the best lure.
So so true !!! U don't fuck wi a Scottish guy
Hey man, im from Sri Lanka and i just wanted to say im sorry for some of the people here who treat foreigners like this. Honestly its kinda embarrassing😅, anyways i hope this never happens again and i hope you enjoyed most of your stay!
These kind of people ruin my country's reputation and pride. Sorry about this dale. Please don't misunderstand all of us because of this stupid guy 😐
Yeah bad reputation 😊
@Ravi Rav Whoa its absolutely clear that you are a tamilian bro. I understand your anger and its fair. I agree with everything you say except the word "Racist buddhist" it ain't right to criticise a religion/race with such a harsh word. Things happened in the country and they were bad i know but sometimes the best thing to do for peace is forget the past bro. There is nothing we can do in the field of politics. Power ain't in our hands. The politicians of our country use the differences between our races and religions to achieve their political selfish objectives. If we keep criticising the religions and races of ourselves then what is the difference between them and us? Moreover that is exactly what the want. To separate us. If you are not happy with the government trust me most of us are not but understand that though we can't do anything about that we can stand together. If we are united then those assholes will not have the chance to trigger our weakness and start off another civil war or whatever. Don't carry hatred or grudges bro. The scars and the wounds of the past will remain forever but atleast they don't hurt anymore right? There isn't a single place in the planet where wars hadn't taken place bro. In India they have castism in America still there is racism. Few other nations sexism. We are all controlled by our leaders and thats the fact. Please realise that hatred isn't the answer for anything bro. Respect all religions and races. BTW if you think Mahinda is wrong and so is Prabhaharan because Hatred isn't the answer for peace. War isn't the answer for peace. I think you've never been to the south or central of our country have you? Come and visit us you'll see how many non-racist sinhala buddhist are available in the country. You'll be shocked to see how many good people are living in this island. There are assholes in every place in the planet bro just misunderstand all the people for that. It's something like not all men are rapist are they? Won't you get mad when someone accuses you as such? That's the exact same feeling the non-racist people would get when you accuse them of being racist. We treat the foreigners as our brothers and sisters bro then why wouldn't we do that to our own people. No one is bad or racist in this country, it's just what the make us feel and what they want us to feel. Together we can change that and be a better nation, make a better nation for our children. Don't ruin that opportunity by spreading such hate comments and growing such harsh impressions in the younger generation of the country. If you are like this and so will your kids , so will their kids and so will there be another war in this country someday. Enough bro! please Lets end this.
@X Æ A-Xii Konjam therium. LOL
Every Part of a Country there is positive and negative people
" THE WORLD IS NOT BALANCE IF THERE IS NO NEGATIVE VIBES!
Hows your nation now
I remember running away from people trying to sell me trinkets in Indonesia and running away from shoe-shiners in Vietnam. Yes, I literally ran. I was too fast for them.
Farouq Omaro 😂😂
What trinkets ?
Trinket?
@@VejmR Cheap jewellery
@@Banggeek Bandung
Apologies from Sri Lanka. These guys are horrid
Not mad at the county or you its just some people in the world are bad people
don't apologies mate, it's not your country
Not a Sri Lankan problem Aji Yra, your country is beautiful - its a world wide problem
brandon faris sounds like it is their country 😂 but they shouldn’t apologize cause it’s not them
BE MORE LIKE ISRAEL AND FIGHT FOR EQUALITY AND PEACE!
Rule 1: Never speak english, always speak gibberish and they will leave you alone
Dale, as a Sri Lankan I'm sorry you had to go through this. We have our fair share of scammers but most locals are good and honest. I hope you still had a great trip and this incident didn't put a stain on what you thought of our country.
Shame on you Srilanka😋
Your country is shit
@@thequack4581 you are right
Yh the only scammers were in the Colombo
I got scammed watching this whole vid trying to see what the scam was
Thanks for falling for my scam 😄👍
😂😂😂😂😂
you could have left at any time. none of us would have missed you. or listened to you whine when you were scammed.
@@michelemichele5204 thanks for watching mate!
@@Dale_Philip i am sorry that u went thru that. but was more worried that he would push you into a vacant alley, stab you and take all of your things. he looked stressed out and desperate. can i ask why Sri lanka? maybe i didnt see a good spot? but it looked run down and dangerous. you mentioned architecture? is that why you go? be careful, you know its not unmanly to buy a new pepper spray when you arrive at each destination. the airlines will take them when you fly, but hey they are 10 bucks or less, well worth getting a new one. get one with a key chain on it. that way you always know where it is, and it wont bepacked in your dufflebag or something. be safe.
Not only in Sri Lanka. These "helpful" guys are everywhere. They lead you deep into bad neighborhoods and then ask for money or cigarettes
Well we dont know about others but we can say definitely in sri lanka
True in Morocco u speak any language that isn't Moroccan Arabic they make it 5x more expensive
@@Celevie it is better to you would check this link.
th-cam.com/play/PLM9_KZNJw8qFx2I_9o_rH_P7iiBX-mYu9.html
And also just search in youtube about scammers.then you can get a clear understand about sri lanka.actually scammers are everywhere.but in sri lanka it really very low.thanks you.😊🙏
Hongcouver
Omg that’s scary, where is the police?
Always keep walking fast and reply in Welsh they will go.
This happened to my husband and myself in Bangkok He followed us and sweet talked us to go see a Jewelry shop. In-spite of our resistance he still put us in a rickshaw. Since we didn't buy any Jewelry, Coming back was hell as no one was willing to bring us back. Ultimately it cost us 5 times more to reach our hotel. Lesson well learned.
If they approach you, then tell them sorry, no speaka da English...
Peter Martin soraight
Or use a *HEAVY* Scottish accent
Or pretend that you're deaf, just point at your ear...this usually works.
@@deantibbz5715 YES! I already did this, works like a charm
😅
Tourists needs to know this first:
1. First things first, get a prepaid SIM from the Airport or from some roadside communications shop (always get SLT or Dialog they have very good reception)
2. Download the ride app Pick ME, this is the most used ride app in SL. When ever you wana book a Tuk Tuk or a cab to any where use this app or Uber only cos sometimes these ppl will rip you off once they see you are a foreigner.
3. If anyone is following like this dont get into direct confrontation or anything just be polite but be smart as well and get away from them as soon as possible
4. For Ladies I would like to advise you...if you are travelling alone, dont go out into areas that you dont know much of unless you are with someone who you can trust. Also be sensible, dress sensible and be on the alert at all times
5. This is true not only for Sri Lanka but for anywhere arnd the world
Well Said and apologise for people like this buddy. Police should catch this guy
Very very smart advises
Honestly in these situations, my first reaction is to keep walking. You don't owe anyone anything, especially some guy on the street. If he really wants to talk to me he's going to have to match my pace and walk with me. To stop and talk to these people just invites more opportunities for them to talk you into something and give them control over the conversation. Making it easier for them to manipulate you, and harder for you to pull away from the conversation, because most of us are afraid of being rude.
Actually I thought you were really polite and patient with him.
Perhaps too polite.
i would pay more than $500 to see a retro Nintendo museum
Their colonial-era Nintendo Museum is worth a detour.
C mon friend. I give you a ride to the event with my tuk-tuk !!😂😂
Went to Sri Lanka for a holiday a year ago. Amazing place and highly recommended. We dealt with these 'scammers' very early on by simply ignoring them. Absolutely no interaction. The moment you start talking back, they feel they have a chance to convince you. Be polite, say no thanks, and ignore everything else they say as if they don't exist.
What if you meet one who has a blade on him and as soon as you turn down his swindle he slashes or thrusts at your neck and then he runs?
@@DLIX2DCLI afraid of the dark?
@@GreatwhiteShark88
No. I watch gore videos and saw a video from India where a guy was sitting at a bar drinking and one guy comes behind him and slashed his throat with a box cutter and within seconds the victim died in his pool of blood lol.
@@DLIX2DCLI sounds like India to me..
@@DLIX2DCLIweirdo
you're a better man than me mate, I literally just got back from India where I was supposed to stay 8 weeks, I lasted 2 weeks and got tired of telling scammers to F..k off, it was a horrendous experience, looks like Sri Lanka is just as much hard work as India. I'll go again but I think they are countries where you need a travel buddy to watch each others backs.. thanks for sharing your material mate
Indian...mostly they original already know scam ppl..since born
im From Sri Lanka
sorry About This Man 😓
Love Sri Lanka from India
@@kudupugaganbhaskar love India from Sri Lanka
@Dale Philip Dear Dale,
As a Sri Lankan we have apologizing for this incident.. There are few idiots in here like him.. I'm really sorry for happen this to you..
Don’t apologise sir we have scammers in the U.K. if fact no place is free from them, advise to all traveling folks don’t trust people you don’t know.
Chandroo Jay yes you are right
@@jupitervlogs7350 👍
@@rogeruk9263 👍👍
ah... Runescape has trained me well to spot these scams... this guy was trying to take you to the wildy..
Lol brooooo
Watch they will evolve to armor trimming scams...
Hahaha Gold
Man Of Valor brooooooooooooooooo. Feels
Lol!!
As a Sri Lankan, I apologize for the inconvenience caused to you. Not everyone is like that. Be careful when traveling with such people. Have fun bro 🔥
Someone please give this horrible mans details to SriLankan police for their attention. Because those kind of people make big crimes seems to me he have a group of bad people around him.
Mr. Dale thanks for the information and you are lucky and a smart one ✌️
කරැනා කරලා පුලුවන් කෙනෙක් මේ නරක මනුස්සයාව පොලීයේ අවදානයට ලක් කරන්න අපේ රටේ මෙහෙම මිනිස්සු ඉන්න එක අපිට ලැජ්ජාවක්.
Yes he is very lucky: Because this video has a lot of views and that's the point! ¿ Got it?
GrandAdan YES and what’s your problem? is it disturbing you?
These scammers are a disgrace to Sri Lanka !
Sri Lanka is pretty tame in my experience and only Colombo tourist areas have people like these. You should try Delhi Or Bangkok which are swarming with touts and scammers everywhere.
There are scammers in every country and they prey upon gullible tourists.
@@MuhammadIamhardBrucelee New Delhi i am not surprised, but, Bangkok has also this issues? I thought they were all very correct over there.
GrandAdan Unless this is meant to be sarcasm, Bangkok is a city rife with scammers in every corner.
Thailand gets better once you go up north or smaller and less touristy cities but Bangkok is not one of them and Phuket is slowly turning into Bangkok like place.
If you want to meet real honest Thai people, head up north to Chiangmai Or places on the Mae Hong Son loop or any smaller and less visited by tourists places.
Bangkok is a scam city just like Delhi for the same reasons and conditions that would foster a scam city.
I'm a Si Lankan and am ashamed of this type of scams targeting tourists. Thanx for exposing them.
He will find it much harder to scam when thousands of people recognise his face. 😄👍
8:10 " i don't want to see you " 😂
No Tsunami Temple in Colombo
Prageeth Balasuriya it’s in Galle or Matara if I’m not mistaken.
WTF is a Tsunami temple anyway? People worship the idol of a giant wave?
Its in Paraliya, Galle, a Buddhist Temple to remember the people who died on that day
Galle is a long friggin’ way from the streets of Colombo and he was offering to take Dale to take him there?
@@MuhammadIamhardBrucelee its a scam virtual shit to take tourists and ask money
Years ago 2 in the morning stopping in a red light in my truck and this guy opens the passenger side door ,comes in with a knife asking for my wallet that was it l lost it and managed ( luckily) to take his knife and took his 1$ and 45 cents he had on him . I still have that money in a jar on my desk .
Plawn Clackers Baaaaa baaaaaaa
Wow.
@@Insideoutiemore like giving dirty thieves a taste of their own medicine
you taking his knife and money off him makes you just as bad as him, as you have just committed a robbery at knife point, where his crime ended up as being an attempted robbery at knife point, therefore it makes what you did back to him a worse crime, no point bragging about it as you have shown your worse than him for doing that, and it also now makes you the armed robber not him
@@Jackwylde68 no its not because its made him worse than the robber as he only attempted to Rob whereas the person who would have been the victim actually robbed him at knife point and had the police been involved then the one that got the money off the original robber would have been arrested and the other bloke let go
I'm so impressed by your calm manner in dealing with this man. I love this country and especially the people! We too had a similar experience with a man hanging around our hotel in Negombo. We appeared to pick him up when we went for a walk. Slightly different in that he wanted to sell us some spices etc. We found it very hard to get rid of him, he just wouldn't get the message. Not as sinister as your scam but disappointing all the same. Way better than getting my wallet stolen in St Petersburg Russia, now that was devastating. Well done Dale
how'd your wallet get stolen in that part of russia?
@@beastt-_ easily. Gang out 4 surrounded me and took wallet out of my pocket. Feel naive about having my wallet in my back pocket, but still, lesson learnt.
This is a perfect example of what happens when visiting places where you stand out like a sore thumb.
Racism
@@flyingchimp12 but it's still facts
Different skin colour will do that
I don't know man. I've never seen anyone doing that to tourist here in the South of Brazil
@@mmawithsubtitles7460 in Brazil there alot of videos of people stealing from tourists. Just straight up steal from them . No scam
Similar scams to this in Thailand. Some random good Samaritan will stop you on the street and ask where you're going, then they tell you that attraction is closed for maintenance, they then say they can flag a tuk tuk and organise him to take you to a few alternate attractions. He flags down a tuk tuk who is the other partner in the scam and haggle the price down to make it look like you're getting a fair price, if you are naive enough to get in the tuk tuk the driver will ask you if he can take you to one extra place just to have a look, the place turns out to be a tailor shop where they have their high pressure sales pitch ready to go. The shop owner doesn't ask if you want a suit they just get the tape measure and get your measurements and then sit you down with a catalog and give you a free class of coke, sit down with pen in hand and order book open and ask you which suit you'll be buying. They don't take no for an answer until you stand up and walk out on them and get back in the tuk tuk. The tuk tuk then drives off and he says he needs to take you to one more place (they get cash payments for bringing customers and bonuses if the customer buys something). You get the general idea. The tuk tuks are notorious for this , taxis less so, they tend to scam by driving with the meter off or have the meter rigged to overcharge, so always go by the meter and watch it closely from the moment you get in the vehicle. As for the tuk tuks I recommend you avoid them completely. General advice is to do extensive research about scams at any place you plan going to, it will save you time, stress and money.
Must arrest these peoples cheated to tourist and some tuk tuk high pricing. This is not we want promote srilanka to tourism . Thanks to advice tourists visit Srilanka by safe their money and life
Especially when Sri Lanka promotes itself as the land of smiles, on tourism events.
You saw: `Save your live?` ... Thank you, Srilajnka, what ever you r., I`ll never go to visit this place.
@@MrMirolazar scams are every country men. you have to go by safety precautions then no lost your money
Just walk away and say no words. It works everytime
Exactly.
Part of the reason for visiting a country is to meet and interact with its people.
While you have to be weary of criminals and scammers, becoming paranoid can ruin your experience.
Avoiding anyone who is attempting to lead you to a particular place or area is always a good idea and needless to say. purchasing items from complete strangers will never work out well.
The main problem is that being street wise in your own country is fairly simple, but it is a lot harder in other parts of the world.
not every time it doesn't, people have been known to be followed and attacked for ignoring them
I'm proudly Sri Lankan and I feel disgraced to see our visitors being tormented like this! I think sunglasses and earphones (not necessarily playing music) could go a long way to shake these buggers off! Happy and safe travels Dale! Thank you for the good exposure you're bringing us with your videos! Good stuff
I need to learn how to say "get lost" in Sinhalase. Maybe that will make these guys think I'm not an easy target like a tourist who's just arrived.
@@Dale_Philip LOL! I'll give you some vocab mate, no worries!
1. "Mata epa" = I don't want (Mata = For me & "epa" = don't want/ no need)
2. "Yanna" = simply "go"
3. "Yana-wako yanna" = something to the effect "Can you get the hell out of my face?"
4. "Pala-yan yanna" = this is more forceful and rude (I think this best suits "Get lost") Also stress "pala", like PALAyan yanna!
Obviously 3 and 4 are not considered filth, just forceful and rude.
An applicable filthy word in this context would be "PAKO", *PLEASE USE WITH CAUTION* The weight of this word is pretty much in the scale of "f*cker". You can place it absolutely anywhere (eg: all 3 works equally well - pako palayan yanna, palayan pako yanna, palayan yanna pako)
Well, this sure has been fun! Hope this helps! Cheers! :D
@@93pula I screenshoted this for future reference. Thank you very much 😂👍
😂😂😂 🙌🏽 If you ever do use them, please consider putting it in the vlogs! 🤣
@@93pulai’m a Sri Lankan i love this lmaooo 😭😭😭
I'm a New Yorker. We just politely tell them to go and have relations with themselves. It takes about 5 seconds. You should try it out next time you're approached by a stranger that wants to offer you unsolicited help.
Lol truth!!!
Lol, go fuck ya self
SnapCracklePapa Ayo wanna grab my free mixtape for a 5 dollar tip?
I DONT WANT ANY. FUCK OUTTA HERE BUDDY.
Next time he'll say "hey, just around that corner there are hot girls and free ice-cream. Come, let me show you"
He will get me for sure 😆
smithyyyy
Don't forget the retro Nintendo museum.
Agent Smith
Yes but this is Sri Lanka not Bangkok. It makes me wonder what a bloke who is interested in hot girls and cold ice cream is doing in Colombo and, more to the point, Why did Dale go back for a second visit? What unfinished business did he have? So many unanswered questions.
that sounds lot better than TSUNAMI temple : hot girls = ice cream anyway , right ??
As a local, I really think these people should be behind bars for these kind of things.
As a fello Scot, good on you for letting people know and not taken his crap!
Cheers mate 💪😎🏴
I get the same scammers in Las Vegas. It starts with, "Where you from?" I don't answer. Then they insult you for not answering. Better to be insulted than dragged into their scam.
I visit vegas twice a year now for almost 2 years now going on a third year; love the food, and with a cheap hotel, you can eat cheap most days and save up enough money to splurge at a fancy place you wouldn't get to back home and the entire trip (I drive there, doesn't take long) ends up being well worth the price of the visit.
I got scammed 20 bucks one time and from then on I learned one of the best ways aside from not answering to the "where u from" question is to reply "I live here" even if they think or know i'm from out of town, i always reply that I live here followed by a "not interested" if I feel the need arise to add that bit on, and just keep. on. walkin'.
Also if you get offered free tickets to a show/gondola ride and what-not, then yes, it IS legit free stuff, after a 1-2 hour presentation that they chauffeur you to-and-back for free in order to sell you on a timeshare thats HELLA pricey and once you google this "scam" of which they ask you NOT to pull out your phones during the presentation (Obvious red flag there so you don't google them once you know their company name lol) you will find HELLA one star reviews because it's their job to sell you on the product, and not to follow through on the quality you were shown at the presentation that is obviously way too good to be anywhere near true.
Best to just pay for the 100-150 bucks to that Ka at Cirque de Soleil show or MJ experience that to sit through that salespitch again; just look for the people in purple/maroon colored suits and avoid them. But hey, if you want a free 79 dollar ticket to Zumanity then by all means.
I very nearly ended up beating a guy sparco on the Vegas strip for the same reason, he was barely on his second sentence and the only thing that prevented it was a passing bike canary cop...
About 25 years I was with my family on holidays & we went to Las Vegas. We were walking up the strip & one of my younger brothers got targeted by this pathetic scammer. My oldest brother stepped in to shoo the scammer away. My brother was obviously not interested in what the scammer had to offer, turned & walked away with my younger brother. The scammer yelled at my older brother "you asshole faggot!" BIG MISTAKE! Later on my younger brother told us that my older brother turned around, grabbed the scammer, and body slammed him into the concrete. Out cold. Discussion over. 👍👏👏
I just act like I don't hear them and continue on my way. Anytime a stranger starts off with "sir", I already know they just want my money.
I hold my hand out when i see them coming, and just say "I'm not interested". Once one got upset with me and said "You don't even know what i'm going to say", i said, "i'm not interested in what you want to say".
Me and my friend was in a hurry in Hong Kong and wanted to go to a building which was just on the other side of the block and we could see the building. We waved down a taxi ( Red) and asked him to quickly take us there. This guy must have thought we have no idea where the building was because we would have walked there. We were prepared to pay the minimum fee which was a few HK$. And it would not have been exceeding that had he taken us there right away. But this guy took off passed the building went around the block way passed, kept driving in circles and the more we told him to stop and stop fooling around the more he ignored us taking us for a ride. His meter just kept going. Eventually we were close to the building and the traffic light turned red. He was stuck. We had the initial ( correct) minimum fee on which the meter still stood as we passed our destination in the first go in our hand. We tossed it onto the seat next to the driver and jumped out.
As Sri Lankans we are really shamed. Because of these type of people.
Anna eekai😖
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In the third world if you are approached for no reason it is almost always a attempt to separate you from your money. Best thing cut them right away
There was actually a policeman at some point and they went past him. I presume if he had just stopped and explained red shirt was harrassing him... Although the police could be corrupt.
@ubokwilie It depends on the area and the people living there. I travel a lot and there are parts of the UK, France and Italy where no one will bother you at all. The third world is on average far more dangerous. That said if you want to visit Sri Lanka as a tourist you would be wise to stay within the tourist resort and surrounding area. I wouldn't say Sri Lanka is particularily bad actually. But many African countries are far more dangerous than average.
Its really dangerous and if you speak complete english then your the most target of those scammers, its the same in my country.
@@ult7511 Are you Spanish. I will tell you a true story. Some friends of mine who are rollerbladers went to Barcelona to skate street. Anyway some guy in double denim, real sketchy, looked like a hobo walks in. He wanders around aimlessly asking strange questions, looks drunk or mad or something. They are all laughing at this weird guy. Then they turn around and their bags with the Euros and their passports are missing. So one of these bladers chased them down and the thief dropped the bags in a trash bin. Very lucky! Obviously the guy who grabbed the bags was friends with the mad guy.
Not true...love does exist....but rarely.
No thank you , no thank you, I’m not interested. No no no. Good bye! ( and walk away... ) works every time.
Even thats too polite. Pretend you dont speak english.
Yes, there was no reason to entertain the scammer. Just walk away.
I prefer the fuck off or I'm going to knock your ass out
I just say that I have an appointment.
Just say no thank u and walk away from people like this..
Apologise as a Sri Lanka. Don't caught these kind of scammers.
Dont apologise, he doesnt represent you or your country
Well said.
TH-cam recommend one of your videos the other day & I've been watching since. Love your work.
As a Sri Lankan I apologise to you for what you had to go through but good on you for being mindful, mate. Travel safe.
No problem, these type of men are more just an annoyance than any trouble to me.
Dale, A job well-done buddy. Being a Sri Lankan I feel shame to see these type of clips, we call them nothing but "Pimps" always there to ruin the image of the Island by trying to play-out tourists one way or the other. The area where you were around is very famous for scammers for many decades.
My best tip to all tourists is so simple, any Sri lankans interact directly or indirectly with the Tourists/Visitors/Foreigners should listen to them very carefully to make sure that they are trying to signal you that they are a "kind of poor" for these "Pimps" pay nothing or little than what you initially intended to offer, still depends on subject. Usual Trick of the trade are as follows; 1.Not straight away, but may say, "My earning is not enough to look after my family that they are Poor or very poor". 2. May advise you "Sir/Madam Watch out when exchange your currencies to local currency" True, but travelers are well aware about it. 3. Criticizing the political status of our country. 3. trying to over pamper you. 4.They may fool you by learning your nationality, "oh I love Mongolians" if you say that you are from Mongolia. 6. They may advise you not to buy anything from this place or that and will go silence, they know soon or later tourists will seek advise to recommend a good place and tourist will end up paying double, triple or quadruple by purchasing products from where they recommended. 7. May attract you by an unbelievable offer for you to sell what you possess. 8. Be very careful with the three wheelers (Tuk Tuk) they fix you one way or the other by overcharge or take you for a long ride, we Sri lankans hate them too, the call cabs are far better. But, But, But please tip to all those behaved in a decent manner with what you can offer.
As a Sri Lankan I advise all Tourists/Visitors/Foreigners to act smart and not to allow these "Pimps" to bite you off. In general term Sri lankns are fairly decent.....Certainly, Sri Lanka is a very beautiful Island to explore....
Good for you.
You sir or madam get the award for longest reply EVER!
Pro tip: What I did in Morocco to annoying people was to say "no english". And that's it. They go away then. Say you are from Bosnia or Serbia or so, a country which they don't know.
Good idea. I'm going to go with Montenegro.
Dale Philip nobody from Montenegro says they are from there they say they are Albanian
I just ramble away in Spanish. It drives scammer nuts, and if where Spanish is common I switch to very bad German. Trying not laugh
I've been to Sri Lanka a few times, you have to remember this is a poor country. People are struggling to make a few dollars.
Obviously sometimes people get desperate and start to think of other ways to make money.
It's tough for most of them
I had one tuk tuk driver offer to drive me anywhere all day and he would wait wherever I went for however long I took, and at the end of the day he only wanted $4. I couldn't believe it. It was literally hours or driving and waited 2-3 hours while I had lunch. They aren't elaborate scams, they are just trying to make a few $ to put food on their table.
Too polite by far. Giving him too many openings. Be straight forward and tell him to go away.
yeah like piss off wanker
he got a million views out of it. hardly a waste.
Meme ḍǿƗJPG you aussie ?
No I think it will get worser if he tell him right away
@@richyvonnssobena1518 it's better to just run..they can't do shet about it anyways 🤣
We had a similar situation. I kept telling my wife and brother in law that the guy is trying to scam us, but they fall into his trap and give him 30 dollars. Being a citizen of South Asia, I knew what the guy was doing, but my European wife and in-laws were too naive and fell in the trap. SMH!! You'll find these people everywhere in South asia.
As a sri lankan dont come to this shithole because it is the worst country ever
@@footballempirefc5960 Why
How the hell were you not able to convince them?
@@flyingchimp12 Convicing european feminist wife is impossible
@@prashantgurung2635 ah fair enough
I was in Sri Lanka for a month and don’t think I had a single genuine conversation with someone that didn’t end with it someone then asking me for money. Be it English coins, tickets to their children’s shows, or just being super nice and then asking for some cash. Beautiful country ruined by the constant harassing and uneasiness
I had the worst when I got of a small bus in Phon Phen Cambodia. 20 locals touching me asking for taxi taxi. I lost it and told them all to F off. Then I went to a quiet guy standing away from the crowd and got his taxi. Go to the quiet ones they won't hassle you and hopefully teaches the others the same. Even when you sit at a cafe facing the road several just stare at you waiting to pounce like a vulture. JD
Bring monopoly money next time. Give it to them.
Ross, as a sri lankan i 100% agree, sorry for your bad experience in here frnd😥
Sadly it’s the way of living for ppl there, they either learned it from their parents/peers. They think it’s normal.
Never ever follow them. Never answer their questions. Nod and smile and laugh and say thank you no good bye. It’s the easiest solution to all these people. Don’t stop walking never ask questions - just keep moving smiling and going your own way. Say thank you goodbye a lot. Some will try create a scene saying you owe them for a tour if you follow them or engage in conversation. You were likely to get mugged here if you’d followed him.
I've seen so many videos with scammers following tourists and not accepting "No" and I admire all you people staying calm and all. I'd probably end up shanking somebody 🤣
When I'm making my vlogs I am always aware of my surroundings and also look behind me to make sure no one is following me suspiciously. Also, never tell people where you are staying. They could lay a trap for you later.
And as you know, you have to be stern with these people. 🤷♂️
Dear guest
Kindly inform you all
When ever happened like this
Any suspect people who ever
Please please please
You can inform to our Sri Lanka Police
You can find all the places police in our country or army
They will ready to help you
And they will guide you
Where you want to go
How you can find or fix your problems
As a Sri Lankan citizen
I feel very shame
Please forgive my country nations
Again I remind you all please if you feel uncomfortable or guilty with someone don't
Hesitate Kindly inform any police officers or any Army officers they will help you
You can find them all our street
Thank you and enjoy your time
Have a great journey
I will remember this if my family will go there 🙂✌
Thoose people looks they have really good connection, may be police get a cut of it. Be careful tourists. Genuinely ignore them is the best thing y can do
Lol it happens mostly in India too
The retro Nintendo is where he would’ve got me
haha
Oh my god so annoying. I would have been so mad. I'm so sorry you had to cope up with this. Enjoy your stay dale.
That's unfortunate. Apologies as a Sri Lankan..
I think enough people have seen the video that eventually someone will recognise him and teach him a lesson.
Well done and good detective work. 👍 Your poker playing skills coming in handy too on the unknown streets !!
Hey Dale,
I apologize for the inconvenience caused by the idiot people on behalf of my country. I watch your videos every time, But not only in Sri Lankans but it happen all over the world. I am very happy that you came to our country and I apologize to you for all the troubles that happened to you, even if it is a little late.😍
you are probably a scammer just like them... Seriously your entire country is just scammers. I get calls from you guys all the time claiming your from microsoft
@@cody5495 Thank you for your feedback!
Does not happen in Japan, South Korea, Australia or Europe. And if it happens in Europe, those who do it are foreigners from African or Arab countries.
Any Sri Lanka’s watching this?
yes..
Many Sri lankans are watching this
Yep
Nope
You don't have 100 subscribers
Dale - Thanks for sharing this experience and for warning other tourists. Love your accent, lad.
I have been to Sri Lanka many times and I regret to say that this is an all-too-common type of scam. Dale does the right thing not to succumb to this (though is perhaps a little naive at first - his anger is more evident later in the video). I was 'kidnapped' in Sri Lanka some years ago by another type of scam, which involved threats by the scammers that I would be taken to the police if I did not pay up, so I said "Fine, let's go...." and that put them off! Sri Lanka is a lovely country in so many ways and I have enjoyed my visits very much, but being constantly lied to and with so many attempts to extricate money from tourists without providing a proper, honest service in return, does spoil visits there (particularly in Colombo). Don't stop going there because of this - they need tourists after the terrible terrorist attacks - but be extremely vigilant, and walk away as soon as you can, with a firm "No!" if any offer seems remotely like a potential scam.
Bro why did you even go to Colombo? It's fucking shit there. If anything, you should've went to Jaffna or somewhere down south. I'm not Sinhalese so I can't guarantee u which spots in the south is good. But the north seems more friendly and welcoming...
@@jessicayoges1875 try to read his comment properly.
I spent a whole day in a tuk tuk after being scammed like this in 1986. Finally I insisted the guy take me to the airport because I was due to fly out. Of course, he then requested an astronomical price for the day, which I'd never agreed to. He took me to the police, who told me to pay him. I said no and walked away from them with their AK47s. I was so relieved when nobody came after me!
You are totally right men. There are so many people like him. Be careful. Sry for this as a srilankan
Should have mentioned he interested in police stations and prisons.
Love this video catches the scam!! Keeps it respectful but points out the problem. You don’t see this very much in the U.S. to have a problem but to be respectful about and just bring the facts!!
He works full time as manual laborer in the harbour, but he spends his day off in the center, approaching tourist and telling them they should visit the tsunami temple, because it's beatiful and he doesn't want them to miss it. Makes perfect sense.
As a true Sri Lankan, I am ashamed of these people who try to scam tourists. I have travelled in a few countries too and I know scamming tourists happen almost everywhere. And it hardly happens in SL. Sri Lankans are friendly and hospitable. But these idiots ruin the image of my beautiful country.
I usually approach tourists I meet on roads and I offer free consultation as to what to do, where to go and also how to get rid of scammers and trishaw drivers. Also I offer them free rides in my car. Sometimes those tourists offer me a beer or a meal but I don't even accept that. That's the sort of hospitality we should offer to the tourists.
This note is for the tourists who are currently visiting SL or are planning to visit sooner or later. Sri Lanka is a beautiful country. Come see this country. But beware of the few scammers you would bump in to in Colombo and Trishaw drivers everywhere in the island. The best way to get rid of tuk drivers is using a Taxi App such as Uber, TaxiMe, Yo Go etc.
On behalf of SL, let me apologize for what you had to go through 🙏. Hope you would come back one day again...
I was in Colombo 2 weeks ago and was approached by scammers twice. The first one claimed to be a teacher who wanted to take me to a festival involving elephants. The second claimed to be a policeman (helping tourists on his day off) who was providing helpful advice like "that roads closed, you can't get there because of a protest", etc. In both cases they followed us around and tried to funnel us into a tuk-tuk, which we refused. I'm not sure what happens if you get into the tuk-tuk, but it's almost certainly expensive and possibly dangerous. So: never get in the tuk-tuk, you have to control the situation. Once they failed to transition to the tuk-tuk they gave up. In general you'll find people providing unsolicited help at various places, for which they will eventually request renumeration. If you signal clearly you don't wish to interact with them you can make them go away, but you may have to be very clear.
Free ice cream, hot girls, retro nintendos... Lol
I stayed and watched the whole video only because of your accent
Thanks and subscribe for more 😁👍
Me too. It took me a while to realize he was British, or better said a Scotsman.
He is just hilarious. I just can't stop laughing when i watch this video
Me too love your accent buddy!
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Really appreciate your sharing this video with so much detail - it helps all fellow travelers identify not only this scam, but other similar scams. It's unfortunate that we have to keep our guards up instead of just enjoying everything, but that's the way it is.
TBH if anyone approaches you like this you know he up to no good ,well i do done a lot of travelling you can see them far enough give them sign language lol
As a srilankan we apologize , like this people destroy our tourism.
This kind of people reduce tourism in our country. I hope you return to Sri Lanka. It's not all bad.
we are going to sri lanka in september i hope we wont meet people like him 😅
Horrible place never go
@@tinpicker8688 Oh no people will stop going to Sri Lanka because "tin picker" told them not too lmao.
@@like_mate_stop_procrastinating its not very common. Don't worry most Sri Lankans either avoid foreigners or help them as best as they can
@@newhorizons855 good to know, i hope we will find new friends there :))
4:10 R.I.P. rear bumber on that Van
Not everyone is like this. I am a sri lankan. If you come again to my country, you are warmly welcomed.
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😎 come again , as a sri lankan a warm fresh welcome to come again. Nice to meet you. Avoid idiots tgere is much to see with the most kind people
. Best of luck. Bye
I’ve been to Sri Lanka, everyone is so calm and welcoming 🇱🇰
@@chesterlester5770 Yes.you know every community has bad people. You must avoid them
stop . every country has people like this. its par for the course as a tourist.
I’m sorry that this happened and I apologise on his behalf
HE'LL HAVE TO GET UP EARLIER IF HE WANTS TO GET MONEY OUT OF A SCOT
Quality haha
That was funny, you made my bday.
Wouldn't that mean if the scammer gets up early he will still get the money ? Your witty comment made no sense at all hahahaha Ding Bat
@@circusdog y'all being a "good ol boy"... you wouldn't understand now !
Yea, cuz off of em are broke. ;)
If you have an un-wanted person stalking you..... Find a policeman, Or be prepared to confront the jerk. Many people have been kidnapped or killed by not keeping situational awareness around them.
Tell the unwanted person that you are waiting for the policeman, that the policeman is going to meet you at this corner.