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by mastersirius678 » Thu Oct 18, 2018 3:21 pm
I require aid from the great rootworkers at Lucky Mojo, and this forum.
Recently, I'm on vacation and visited two major tourist cities such as NYC and Rome, Italy. This is not about how much fun I am having in those cities, it is about the amount of scammers I had encountered. Here are some stories.
While I was in NYC, I was walking down the street, suddenly a black guy that was passing by are handing me a CD. I had faced similar situation before and didn't take the CD. The CD dropped to the ground. The black guy told me to pick it up, which I didn't comply and continued to walk. Then these four other black guys just magically appeared in front of me and all yelled at me telling me to pick that CD up. Of course, I didn't comply and kept on walking. I see their tactic was, once you take the CD, the guy will demand money from you, and if you don't take it, they will embarrass you in the street.
Also, if any of you been to Time Square, you'll see those "entertainers" in costumes. I had been approached many times from those people. They will try to shake your hand, and if you shake their hand, other nearby costumes will surround you, and force you to take a picture with them. Then they will demand money from you. Right now when I see one approaching me with their hand out, I just kept on walking and ignore them.
These are the two scams I faced in NYC so far, but I say the ones I encountered in Rome, Italy is even more annoying.
One of the scams you'll encounter in Rome is an African guy approaching you, pointing toward your shoes, and says "nice shoes!!" with a smile, they'll try to build rapport with you, and later demand money from you. I encountered a LOT of them, so I just give them the cold shoulder. I once ignored one of them, the African guy didn't move in place, he stood there and tried to use his hand (with the pointing finger to my shoe) and attempted to block me. I kept on moving, and the guy actually got physical, and used his hand to poke my stomach. I told him "no" and kept on walking.
Another one is the rose seller, they'll look for couples, and give the female a rose, then they stalk you and demand money from the husband. If the couple refuse to give money, the guy will make the husband look bad by trying to take back the rose.
These are only a few examples, there are a lot varieties. You guys can google it to view even more. Now for the magick part, what formula would you all recommend to protect myself and repel these scammers? I'm sick of them.