Khajuraho tricky

oxtiger · Mar 9th, 2009, 22:57

I was in Khajuraho three days before. I met a local jewellry owner. He looks very friendly. He asked me to bring some diamonds for him to UK and will pay me 4000 pounds. Of couse, I did not believe him becasue it sounds too good to be true. But I kept in talking with him in order to know what he really want. Finally he told me that I need to pay 25% of insurance fee. What a tricky!!! You will pay 1000 pounds to get ten fake or bad diamonds.

Haylo · Mar 9th, 2009, 23:13

Well done for having the good sense to refuse, and thanks for the warning!

Unlikely as it seems, a lot of tourists do fall for these gem scams, so many that the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) has specifically warned about it under the "crime" section of their advice to tourists visiting India.

edwardseco · Mar 10th, 2009, 00:03

Just had a report elsewhere of an 8,000 E loss. It happens. Imagine the payoff to the crooks!!

Mar 9th, 2009, 22:57	#1
oxtiger Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: HORSHAM Posts: 20	Khajuraho tricky I was in Khajuraho three days before. I met a local jewellry owner. He looks very friendly. He asked me to bring some diamonds for him to UK and will pay me 4000 pounds. Of couse, I did not believe him becasue it sounds too good to be true. But I kept in talking with him in order to know what he really want. Finally he told me that I need to pay 25% of insurance fee. What a tricky!!! You will pay 1000 pounds to get ten fake or bad diamonds.

Mar 9th, 2009, 23:13	#2
Haylo Structural Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Middle East and heading Easter Posts: 5,804	Well done for having the good sense to refuse, and thanks for the warning! Unlikely as it seems, a lot of tourists do fall for these gem scams, so many that the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) has specifically warned about it under the "crime" section of their advice to tourists visiting India. __________________ The world is mud-luscious and puddle-wonderful - E.E. Cummings, poet (1894-1962)

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Mar 10th, 2009, 00:03	#3
edwardseco Maha Guru Member Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Land that shakes and bakes. Posts: 5,841	Just had a report elsewhere of an 8,000 E loss. It happens. Imagine the payoff to the crooks!!