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irport porters have been working to help tourists to carry their luggage for years. A porter will approach you and ask to help you carry your things. He will be very friendly, allowing you to think that he is doing it out in kindness of his heart. But, uh oh! This is a SCAM. Ciouserz must beware of porters who dressed as officials that ask you to one side and pick up your bag. It’s another
common scam which you will see as soon as you enter the airport when retrieving your luggage at the carousel. It’s very hard in Bali to tell the difference between who is really an official porter officer or not. However, as soon as you’re ready to go, he will demand money from you. Maybe it’s only a few dollars, but a few dollars is thousands in rupiahs. Beware of this tricky scammers guys!
How to NOT get scam?
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Always take care of your luggage by yourself and never let the porters to carry them for you. If you’re traveling with your friends, divide the work so one of you can wait for the bags in carousel and the other one can go to find a trolley. If you’re traveling alone, make sure that you can handle the bag yourself, if you’re not able to carry it, then there’s no point to even bring it.
How if you get scam? If you are too late to realize that the porter already got you on his hook, all you can do is to let the porter carry the luggage. When they ask for payment, you can tell them that you haven’t changed any of your money to rupiahs or you can tell him-by agreement- that you only have half the amount of money he’s asking for.
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