£600 for cheese? The Brazilian beach scams that cost visitors dear
Travellers warned to beware of debit card cons after one was charged £1,500 for a kebab and another £3,000 for corn on the cob When Lisa Selby* used her debit card to pay for two slices of barbecued cheese from a beach vendor in Rio de Janeiro, she expected to pay 40 reais (£5.90) for the snack. But shortly after the payment had gone through, she realised that she had been charged 4,000 reais (£590) after the vendor added two extra zeros to the card reader. Continue reading...
Brésil
Lisa Selby
Rio de Janeiro
touriste argentine
touriste britannique
Évolution chronologique
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Arnaques sur les plages brésiliennes : des touristes piégés par des lecteurs de carte truqués
Des vendeurs sur les plages de Rio de Janeiro escroquent des touristes en ajoutant frauduleusement des zéros aux montants sur les terminaux de paiement. Une Britannique a payé 590...