Travel Reference
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Gems & Jewellery
Countless tourists are sucked into a scam in which they're taken to a store by a helpful
stranger and tricked into buying bulk gems that can supposedly be resold in their home
country for 100% profit. The expert con artists seem trustworthy and convince tourists
that they need a citizen of the country to circumvent tricky customs regulations. Unsur-
prisingly, the gem world doesn't work like that; what most tourists end up with are worth-
less pieces of glass.
