Avoid this tourist SCAM in Colombo, Sri Lanka. 🇱🇰 

Just punch his face dude

They will still follow what do you do then?

For No.4, I would run

Be careful about pulling out phone. Their intent might be to steal your phone. Or get snatch off your hand by a passing motorcycle. I hear it happens a lot in Vietnam by thieves.

Just kick on his bloody ass

especially in a 3rd world country

@Henry Discipline effected English? What the hell is that

it's not the backpack, it's the selfie stick.

@@kenichi407 First thing I thought as well.

Well this guy read the scam and exposed them. What do you do with your life down there in your mothers basement?

All i needed

This is a good list, but can also lead to aggression on their side. I did basically this and got threarend for my life in return in Tanzania. So finding a good middle is key. Firm but friendly no is still the best way, that never lead to me being scammed AND threatend.

Dale literally did the do not things and got away lol

The trick is to use caps lock when communicating with them 😂

🤣 Who said go there Stay home Stay safe 🤣

@@mainpagal8679 boy tf

@@mainpagal8679 if you’re scared stay in your room

​@@mainpagal8679if you feel someone following you, do not go home, go to the nearest police station

@@mainpagal8679 Exactly LOL. Of all the places in the world, she decided to go to Cuba. You only got yourself to blame if you got scammed there.

yeah i dont speak english works LMAO

They just don’t leave u anyway it doesn’t matter

I've paid people off a few bucks to leave 🤷‍♂️ They can buy food or booze, whatever

@@genesis6567- Na man, that just encourages them to bother other people.

@@genesis6567- Waste of money. But if you're loaded AF, why not?

Huh haaa. You are a Sri Lankan and you don't know where is the Tsunami Temple in Sri Lanka? Shame on you.... Tsunami Honganji Vihara is located in Peraliya (Near Hikkaduwa) - Take a train and get off at Telwatta Railway Station. It was open in December 2006 (12 1/2 years ago) as a memorial to the over 35,000 Sri Lankans killed by the Tsunami in 2004. BTW, I was born in Sri Lanka, but living in aboard for over 15 years.

Oscar Nonis u just owned that dude Well done

Itsyaboi joosh lmfao

@@OscarNonis there's no tsunami temple in Colombo dude...maybe in hikkaduwa.This guy that tries to scam this foreign dude is trying to take him to imaginary "tsunami" temple in Colombo...plus the tsunami temple is not a huge must visit landmark in srilanka like dalada maligawa or something....

@@OscarNonis not really bruh

Your cute

@Rashaenka Nah, He's a scammer. So he's not my people.

@@Nayana-4S6NDR I totally agree with you. He is the kind or marginal being that exists in all countries, especially in big cities.

@@grandadan Well said :)

@@Nayana-4S6NDR any scammer is not our kind nice response

Thanks for the info buddy, I have searched everywhere 🤣🤣🤣👍

I feel the same as a Sri Lankan.

Hey, got to know that you are back in Colombo. Please let me know if you like to have a cup of coffee wherever you want in Colombo. I'll sponsor you :-)

@@lasa47 hopefully it is not going to be in the TSUNAMI temple in Colombo !!

@@kumbaya234 hahahaaaa.....

fuuuck He did!

OMGG he did!! da hell?!!! 🥲

OMG I didnt notice that before! LOLOL

I thought i misheard it hahah

K

Best answer on here!!!

Thats a good one for sure

This is just like what my sister-in-law's dad (he's American) did when one man approached him asking him to give money with all kinds of sob stories he already had a huge wad of cash with him and was asking all the foreigners in that area. One story was that he has two kids he needs to feed, so my SIL's dad replied, 'oh wow really, I have 8 kids to feed, maybe you should give me money." The guy shook his head no and left quickly with that.

Lol

In places like Sri Lanka, India and Thailand, they operate with the collusion of the local police and usually they get a cut. Unfortunately some of these people ruin the whole experience of some of the tourists who come less informed. Delhi, India is horrible when it comes to these scams and funnily most of them have been captured and documented on RU-vid and yet they do the same moves from the old playbook. I consider them more as pests than scammers since most of their schemes are so bunny brained and easy to spot unless you are a total idiot. One good move is not to talk to them or engage them and just ignore them and keep walking.

I would be happy to arrange the whipping! :)

Fake.

No he didnt

Difficult situations call for desperate measures? Like a chameleon going on a disco light frenzied adaptation.

Exactly what I was thinkin, thought it was me..

The English/ Scottish have this problem of when we are talking to a foreigner, we put on their accent to help communicate! It doesn’t work but we still do it

why not try to scam him

Would that make for an interesting video?

Bigmac this video was not so interesting either

@Gab A a 12 minute video at that.

Chiraq JackBoy Get lost, I can't stand scammers.

Racism

@@flyingchimp12 but it's still facts

Different skin colour will do that

I don't know man. I've never seen anyone doing that to tourist here in the South of Brazil

@@mmawithsubtitles7460 in Brazil there alot of videos of people stealing from tourists. Just straight up steal from them . No scam

@Dr Shashi Mohan Sharma on what ground? Talking to a foreigner? I agree that the man has ulterior motives, but to arrest him, I dont think this this video is enough.

Police get commissions too, they will free him in a heartbeat.

UPDATE : The guy was arrested last week. He was detained for few hours, warned and released. There was no enough points keep him detained. But the police will keep an eye on him. Therefore I can assure 1 more scammer is removed from the streets of Colombo. Special thanks to Dale Philip for exposing this guy !

@@lowata :Yes, not to arrest him but yes to tell him that they will be with an eye on him and, yes if he carries on disturbing tourists yes he must go inside. Plus if a few complaints against him happen as somebody else reported him already to the police, yes he will be in trouble or otherwise it would be an encouragement for people like him to carry on doing that garbage around. For as a person that hates that kind of behaviour, yes he must be at least warned to stop doing that, or face consequences, and i guess Law in Sri Lanka is not that kind of weak against these ones like we have become in the west ruled by weak laws for bandits and hard tax for the ones paying their salaries.

Good work Thiwanka - such a beautiful country!!!

Yeah bad reputation 😊

@Ravi Rav Whoa its absolutely clear that you are a tamilian bro. I understand your anger and its fair. I agree with everything you say except the word "Racist buddhist" it ain't right to criticise a religion/race with such a harsh word. Things happened in the country and they were bad i know but sometimes the best thing to do for peace is forget the past bro. There is nothing we can do in the field of politics. Power ain't in our hands. The politicians of our country use the differences between our races and religions to achieve their political selfish objectives. If we keep criticising the religions and races of ourselves then what is the difference between them and us? Moreover that is exactly what the want. To separate us. If you are not happy with the government trust me most of us are not but understand that though we can't do anything about that we can stand together. If we are united then those assholes will not have the chance to trigger our weakness and start off another civil war or whatever. Don't carry hatred or grudges bro. The scars and the wounds of the past will remain forever but atleast they don't hurt anymore right? There isn't a single place in the planet where wars hadn't taken place bro. In India they have castism in America still there is racism. Few other nations sexism. We are all controlled by our leaders and thats the fact. Please realise that hatred isn't the answer for anything bro. Respect all religions and races. BTW if you think Mahinda is wrong and so is Prabhaharan because Hatred isn't the answer for peace. War isn't the answer for peace. I think you've never been to the south or central of our country have you? Come and visit us you'll see how many non-racist sinhala buddhist are available in the country. You'll be shocked to see how many good people are living in this island. There are assholes in every place in the planet bro just misunderstand all the people for that. It's something like not all men are rapist are they? Won't you get mad when someone accuses you as such? That's the exact same feeling the non-racist people would get when you accuse them of being racist. We treat the foreigners as our brothers and sisters bro then why wouldn't we do that to our own people. No one is bad or racist in this country, it's just what the make us feel and what they want us to feel. Together we can change that and be a better nation, make a better nation for our children. Don't ruin that opportunity by spreading such hate comments and growing such harsh impressions in the younger generation of the country. If you are like this and so will your kids , so will their kids and so will there be another war in this country someday. Enough bro! please Lets end this.

@X Æ A-Xii Konjam therium. LOL

Every Part of a Country there is positive and negative people " THE WORLD IS NOT BALANCE IF THERE IS NO NEGATIVE VIBES!

Hows your nation now

Indian...mostly they original already know scam ppl..since born

Farouq Omaro 😂😂

What trinkets ?

Trinket?

@@VejmR Cheap jewellery

@@Banggeek Bandung

there are no "hot girls" there believe me lol

It's a pretty big jump from free ice cream to the hot girls!

@@ItsFrankieBoy, what's so funny? Stop being rude

I be there are plenty of hot girls there. Hot girls with ice-cream and the retro Nintendo museum.

@@ItsFrankieBoy srilankan girls are fine af. you’re prolly not looking in the right places lmfao

Man, scammers in America and UK don't even compare to the scammers in other places. American scammers aren't violent because the law here can be brutal but in other parts of colombia or other mexican places or even black oriented places like Haiti? Oh man, they will kidnap you

Wherever you go there are scammer just don't talk to strangers. Especially in poor country. I never scam in the USA. Thk you Lord. But in Philippines they scam their own people.

I would like to see this on youtube

nodozz2 😂👍🏻

Dont need to, my native language is Czech, he would never understand that :D

@ lol yeah that works, I speak Louisiana Cajun with a straight face they tend to wave and walk away...

nodozz2 Yakka foob mog. Grug pubbawup zink watoom gazork. Chumble spuzz!

You're the one that should be taking him to the police. Hope this scumbag gets what he deserves eventually.

This as happened to my family someone did that and me and my family followed him then when he tried to get us to pay around £250 for walking we said no he threatened the police and every time we tried to walk off he blocked us so we had to push him over and walk off

@@hurricanedorian4897 glad you stood up for yourselves. 👍

Yea I only did it bc I had a adrenaline rush and I was not going to pay £250 for walking

Kinda of an example why I will NEVER go to this country... scamming is in the blood

haha

Not mad at the county or you its just some people in the world are bad people

don't apologies mate, it's not your country

Not a Sri Lankan problem Aji Yra, your country is beautiful - its a world wide problem

Ours hit our own fellow citizens too; not that it's any good when they do it on strangers.

brandon faris sounds like it is their country 😂 but they shouldn’t apologize cause it’s not them

Yes if ever someone is so desperate for you to use their service it can't be a good thing. Saying no to an offer once should be enough. For him to keep badgering you is outright rude. Good that you had police there to help get him away from you.

Good decision. They ruin the dignity of our country.

jagjitsingh saluja Saluja thank you for visiting my country.. 😇 me and my family currently away from my country and we are also visiting around the world,, it’s such an amazing experience that visit to a place that never visited... that kind of sucks everywhere,, never mind 🙈

Princess Hashi I am an Indian and we Indians see SRILANKA as our small brother Because we are similar and we have same root. This kind of people are everywhere so we can’t stop them

jagjitsingh saluja Saluja thank you 🙏

Could have saved himself 10 minutes of walking and talking if he'd only asked where I was from. 😆

@@Dale_Philip lol

He needed to bring up alcohol.... although from my knowledge of Dale, reasonably priced Coke Zero would be the best lure.

So so true !!! U don't fuck wi a Scottish guy

Shame on you Srilanka😋

Your country is shit

@@thequack4581 you are right

Yh the only scammers were in the Colombo

Yes he is very lucky: Because this video has a lot of views and that's the point! ¿ Got it?

GrandAdan YES and what’s your problem? is it disturbing you?

Well we dont know about others but we can say definitely in sri lanka

True in Morocco u speak any language that isn't Moroccan Arabic they make it 5x more expensive

@@Celevie it is better to you would check this link. ru-vid.com/group/PLM9_KZNJw8qFx2I_9o_rH_P7iiBX-mYu9 And also just search in youtube about scammers.then you can get a clear understand about sri lanka.actually scammers are everywhere.but in sri lanka it really very low.thanks you.😊🙏

Hongcouver

Omg that’s scary, where is the police?

Thanks for falling for my scam 😄👍

😂😂😂😂😂

you could have left at any time. none of us would have missed you. or listened to you whine when you were scammed.

@@michelemichele5204 thanks for watching mate!

@@Dale_Philip i am sorry that u went thru that. but was more worried that he would push you into a vacant alley, stab you and take all of your things. he looked stressed out and desperate. can i ask why Sri lanka? maybe i didnt see a good spot? but it looked run down and dangerous. you mentioned architecture? is that why you go? be careful, you know its not unmanly to buy a new pepper spray when you arrive at each destination. the airlines will take them when you fly, but hey they are 10 bucks or less, well worth getting a new one. get one with a key chain on it. that way you always know where it is, and it wont bepacked in your dufflebag or something. be safe.

Well Said and apologise for people like this buddy. Police should catch this guy

Very very smart advises

After they give ya a FREE ride to the temple and take your money, im sure they’ll “beat it” after. Doofus

You're more generous than me, I give them a stern look and tell them to FUCK OFF!

@Hermie Griffiths OK, let me try and explain. I travel a lot, with cameras, so this kind of scam is endemic and I'm a stand out 'mark'.. Mostly they'll try and engage you in conversation, then tell you about their sick child etc. and then ask for money. I've not had much experience of 'taking me somewhere', only Crawford Market in Mumbai. I once had a guy dressed as a buddhist monk try me in HK with a 'building a school' scam. So I know it and I see it a mile off. But I'm not the kind of person to be abusive. Here's what happens. 1) I get approached by a scammer, it's obvious to me 2) The first thing I say is "I don't mind talking, but as soon as this turns into a financial transaction, I'm gone." 3) At exactly this point they give up. They know I know the game.. It always works, without fail, they just stop and walk away. It's happened in Hong Kong several times, Chennai, Jakarta, Singapore, Beijing too, It allows me to quickly get on my way without having to resort to profanity. I was just trying to help people who watched Dale's film by offering them advice on how I deal with this particular brand of common scam without resorting to being rude or offensive.

@@GeneralG1810 But if he has a weapon?

@@nanotube5145 Didn't look like it, also trust your instincts if after saying something like that they start reaching in their pockets then carry through on the threat before they can get their weapon and give them a stern head but

Especially when Sri Lanka promotes itself as the land of smiles, on tourism events.

You saw: `Save your live?` ... Thank you, Srilajnka, what ever you r., I`ll never go to visit this place.

@@MrMirolazar scams are every country men. you have to go by safety precautions then no lost your money

you are probably a scammer just like them... Seriously your entire country is just scammers. I get calls from you guys all the time claiming your from microsoft

@@cody5495 Thank you for your feedback!

Does not happen in Japan, South Korea, Australia or Europe. And if it happens in Europe, those who do it are foreigners from African or Arab countries.

Plawn Clackers Baaaaa baaaaaaa

Wow.

@@shoveldoggermafiamore like giving dirty thieves a taste of their own medicine

you taking his knife and money off him makes you just as bad as him, as you have just committed a robbery at knife point, where his crime ended up as being an attempted robbery at knife point, therefore it makes what you did back to him a worse crime, no point bragging about it as you have shown your worse than him for doing that, and it also now makes you the armed robber not him

@@Jackwylde68 no its not because its made him worse than the robber as he only attempted to Rob whereas the person who would have been the victim actually robbed him at knife point and had the police been involved then the one that got the money off the original robber would have been arrested and the other bloke let go

Perhaps too polite.

Don't worry about it. It happens right across Asia and beyond.

Wow srilanka is beautiful modern I want to visit

@@divyanshuxinghvines9626 I am Sri Lankan and there are some parts that aren’t so… but there are beautiful parts too

@@xlynx9 I think Europe Is thief

Dont apologize. You did not do it. There are scammers un every country

I visit vegas twice a year now for almost 2 years now going on a third year; love the food, and with a cheap hotel, you can eat cheap most days and save up enough money to splurge at a fancy place you wouldn't get to back home and the entire trip (I drive there, doesn't take long) ends up being well worth the price of the visit. I got scammed 20 bucks one time and from then on I learned one of the best ways aside from not answering to the "where u from" question is to reply "I live here" even if they think or know i'm from out of town, i always reply that I live here followed by a "not interested" if I feel the need arise to add that bit on, and just keep. on. walkin'. Also if you get offered free tickets to a show/gondola ride and what-not, then yes, it IS legit free stuff, after a 1-2 hour presentation that they chauffeur you to-and-back for free in order to sell you on a timeshare thats HELLA pricey and once you google this "scam" of which they ask you NOT to pull out your phones during the presentation (Obvious red flag there so you don't google them once you know their company name lol) you will find HELLA one star reviews because it's their job to sell you on the product, and not to follow through on the quality you were shown at the presentation that is obviously way too good to be anywhere near true. Best to just pay for the 100-150 bucks to that Ka at Cirque de Soleil show or MJ experience that to sit through that salespitch again; just look for the people in purple/maroon colored suits and avoid them. But hey, if you want a free 79 dollar ticket to Zumanity then by all means.

I very nearly ended up beating a guy sparco on the Vegas strip for the same reason, he was barely on his second sentence and the only thing that prevented it was a passing bike canary cop...

About 25 years I was with my family on holidays & we went to Las Vegas. We were walking up the strip & one of my younger brothers got targeted by this pathetic scammer. My oldest brother stepped in to shoo the scammer away. My brother was obviously not interested in what the scammer had to offer, turned & walked away with my younger brother. The scammer yelled at my older brother "you asshole faggot!" BIG MISTAKE! Later on my younger brother told us that my older brother turned around, grabbed the scammer, and body slammed him into the concrete. Out cold. Discussion over. 👍👏👏

I just act like I don't hear them and continue on my way. Anytime a stranger starts off with "sir", I already know they just want my money.

I hold my hand out when i see them coming, and just say "I'm not interested". Once one got upset with me and said "You don't even know what i'm going to say", i said, "i'm not interested in what you want to say".

Lol brooooo

Watch they will evolve to armor trimming scams...

Hahaha Gold

Man Of Valor brooooooooooooooooo. Feels

Lol!!

Peter Martin soraight

Or use a *HEAVY* Scottish accent

Or pretend that you're deaf, just point at your ear...this usually works.

@@deantibbz5715 YES! I already did this, works like a charm

😅

Their colonial-era Nintendo Museum is worth a detour.

C mon friend. I give you a ride to the event with my tuk-tuk !!😂😂

I need to learn how to say "get lost" in Sinhalase. Maybe that will make these guys think I'm not an easy target like a tourist who's just arrived.

@@Dale_Philip LOL! I'll give you some vocab mate, no worries! 1. "Mata epa" = I don't want (Mata = For me & "epa" = don't want/ no need) 2. "Yanna" = simply "go" 3. "Yana-wako yanna" = something to the effect "Can you get the hell out of my face?" 4. "Pala-yan yanna" = this is more forceful and rude (I think this best suits "Get lost") Also stress "pala", like PALAyan yanna! Obviously 3 and 4 are not considered filth, just forceful and rude. An applicable filthy word in this context would be "PAKO", *PLEASE USE WITH CAUTION* The weight of this word is pretty much in the scale of "f*cker". You can place it absolutely anywhere (eg: all 3 works equally well - pako palayan yanna, palayan pako yanna, palayan yanna pako) Well, this sure has been fun! Hope this helps! Cheers! :D

@@93pula I screenshoted this for future reference. Thank you very much 😂👍

😂😂😂 🙌🏽 If you ever do use them, please consider putting it in the vlogs! 🤣

@@93pulai’m a Sri Lankan i love this lmaooo 😭😭😭

Prageeth Balasuriya it’s in Galle or Matara if I’m not mistaken.

WTF is a Tsunami temple anyway? People worship the idol of a giant wave?

Its in Paraliya, Galle, a Buddhist Temple to remember the people who died on that day

Galle is a long friggin’ way from the streets of Colombo and he was offering to take Dale to take him there?

@@sammywhammy007 its a scam virtual shit to take tourists and ask money

He will get me for sure 😆

smithyyyy

Don't forget the retro Nintendo museum.

Agent Smith Yes but this is Sri Lanka not Bangkok. It makes me wonder what a bloke who is interested in hot girls and cold ice cream is doing in Colombo and, more to the point, Why did Dale go back for a second visit? What unfinished business did he have? So many unanswered questions.

that sounds lot better than TSUNAMI temple : hot girls = ice cream anyway , right ??

Don’t apologise sir we have scammers in the U.K. if fact no place is free from them, advise to all traveling folks don’t trust people you don’t know.

Chandroo Jay yes you are right

@@jupitervlogs7350 👍

@@rogeruk9263 👍👍

As a sri lankan dont come to this shithole because it is the worst country ever

@@footballempirefc5960 Why

How the hell were you not able to convince them?

@@flyingchimp12 Convicing european feminist wife is impossible

@@prashantgurung2635 ah fair enough

Love Sri Lanka from India

@@kudupugaganbhaskar love India from Sri Lanka

Oh ..you havent encountered any scammers in your country ??

how'd your wallet get stolen in that part of russia?

@@beastt-_ easily. Gang out 4 surrounded me and took wallet out of my pocket. Feel naive about having my wallet in my back pocket, but still, lesson learnt.

Exactly.

Part of the reason for visiting a country is to meet and interact with its people. While you have to be weary of criminals and scammers, becoming paranoid can ruin your experience. Avoiding anyone who is attempting to lead you to a particular place or area is always a good idea and needless to say. purchasing items from complete strangers will never work out well. The main problem is that being street wise in your own country is fairly simple, but it is a lot harder in other parts of the world.

not every time it doesn't, people have been known to be followed and attacked for ignoring them

Lol truth!!!

Lol, go fuck ya self

SnapCracklePapa Ayo wanna grab my free mixtape for a 5 dollar tip?

I DONT WANT ANY. FUCK OUTTA HERE BUDDY.

What if you meet one who has a blade on him and as soon as you turn down his swindle he slashes or thrusts at your neck and then he runs?

@@DLIX2DCLI afraid of the dark?

@@GreatwhiteShark88 No. I watch gore videos and saw a video from India where a guy was sitting at a bar drinking and one guy comes behind him and slashed his throat with a box cutter and within seconds the victim died in his pool of blood lol.

@@DLIX2DCLI sounds like India to me..

@@DLIX2DCLIweirdo

I'm so angry that he's been able to make a living from scamming people this way for so long. Truly disgusting.

Dale Philip truly disgusting to hear. Sorry about it Dale

@@Dale_Philip You should have reported the bastard to the tourist police. Sorry it happened to you in here.

Should inform the police.

@4:17 it was a security guard, not police officer.

He will find it much harder to scam when thousands of people recognise his face. 😄👍

yeah like piss off wanker

he got a million views out of it. hardly a waste.

Meme ḍǿƗJPG you aussie ?

No I think it will get worser if he tell him right away

@@richyvonnssobena1518 it's better to just run..they can't do shet about it anyways 🤣

Even thats too polite. Pretend you dont speak english.

Yes, there was no reason to entertain the scammer. Just walk away.

I prefer the fuck off or I'm going to knock your ass out

I just say that I have an appointment.

Just say no thank u and walk away from people like this..