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BIZ IDEA: Chinese Tea House Scam but w/ shrews and $9 croissants
| pungent prole piazza | 06/27/22 |
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Date: June 27th, 2022 2:39 PM Author: pungent prole piazza https://travelswitherica.com/tea-house-scam-china/
Everything You Need to Know About the Tea House Scam Once you know about the tea house scam, it is really easy to avoid. You can recognize the signs and be able to identify who may be trying to scam you.
Where is the Tea House Scam Most Popular? Knowing where the tea house scam is most popular will help you be aware in certain parts of China. The two cities this scam is most popular in are, unsurprisingly, Beijing and Shanghai.
In Beijing, Wangfujing (the main shopping street) and Tiananmen Square are the two places you will most likely encounter tea house scammers.
In Shanghai, Nanjing Road (the main shopping area) is the most popular place for this scam to take place.
How Does the Tea House Scam Work? You will normally be approached by one or more locals saying that they are learning and ask if they can practice their English with you. Sometimes people they are a student when they approach you.
A solo traveller will normally be approached by a single scammer, and a group of travellers will normally be approached by two people. In my case, I was a solo female traveller who was approached by two young women asking if they could practice their English with me.
After you agree to help them practice their English, they will take you to a cafe and start ordering tea and pop without letting you look at the menu. The drinks arrive, and you start chatting. You have a great time and enjoy speaking with the locals.
Then the bills comes, and it is outrageously expensive. Literally hundreds of dollars for a pot of tea and a pop or two.
And that is when you realize that these lovely locals aren’t your friends at all and actually scammed you.
What to do After You Realize You’ve Been Scammed There are number of things you can do once you realize you’ve been scammed.
If you realize before you pay, you can refuse to pay. However, you will most likely be met with resistance. A credit card reader will be brought if you say you don’t have enough cash, and the entrance will be blocked by a staff member if you claim you don’t have a card.
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