Catfishing Scammers in India (How to Avoid Scammers in India) 

The word "my friend" is an indicator of imminent scam😂😂

Personal experience - when someone says "Cheap Price", "My Friend", "Trust Me", you know they are fooling you!

So funny when he told you restaurants aren’t open during lunchtime

The one thing I have learned from watching these videos is that if someone calls you 'friend' it's a scammer.

A foreigner is exposing scammers in India rather than Indians themselves, I think we guys need to appreciate this guy and he needs a lot more subscribers like 10 mil

When they say: "Cheapest prices", I wonder how they'd react if you said "I don't want cheap prices, I want the most expensive!" :-D

3:00 If you ever feel useless, just think about the people who makes parking lines in India. 😂

The amount of patience this guy has is immeasurable

This type of people are making India tourism down .... I feel sad for people who travel to India from abroad ... You are doing great job brother

It easy to avoid scammer in india Just walk and do not talk to them that's it

I just left Egypt and it was the exact same thing. "Maam, come with me. Cheap price, I show you." "No thanks." "Yes, yes, come with me." "No." "Just one moment. I show you. Very good, cheap price." (walking in silence) "Maybe later, yes?" (walking in silence) "I'm not hassling you. I just want to show you one thing." (walking in silence) "I won't hassle you. Just look." (walking in silence) "Maam, just one minute." "LEAVE ME ALONE!" (looks genuinely shocked) "Why yell at me?"

Am I the only person worried about the dog? 1:08

How to avoid Indian scams Video: Literally runs in every scam.

These are 4 Golden Travel Rule coming from me a traveller. 1. Don't state from where you're from. They will know what currency you have. 2. Don't tell where you're staying (Hotel). They'll know how luxurious you are. 3. Don't expose your profession or job. They'll easily guess how rich you are. 4. Don't expose your duration for the holiday.

What a bunch of dishonest people

Karl: why do I need to use an atm over here? Scammer: to feed baby 😭😭😭

This is Gold! Your video needs better marketing and reach. This video not only safeguards the interest of foreigners travelling to India, but also is valuable for us Indians who may not be native to a city that we might be travelling to. Have a pleasant travel!

Man I am so embarrassed...So sorry man ......it's so frustrating

It is amazing how unfriendly they are especially once you turn them down completely! Like in sales at work I get annoyed when I go through the trouble of presenting a item or explanation but I don’t go from nice to negative in a matter of seconds.

1:10 bro my heart dropped

1:12 His accent is more australian than australian people themselves

4:05 Life lesson: never trust a man who says "you trust me, ok?"

The best way to avoid scammers in India is to not go to India

I found they do this in Thailand as well. Usually they hang around the general area where they get commission from several different businesses, and once they wrangle information out of you, like where you're going, what you're doing, shopping, eating, travelling, and then bring you to "their" place. Sometimes they'll even have a tuk-tuk driver waiting nearby to take you to a specific tour operator or shop. Or they might even offer you a ride on their scooter. They have several scams on some of the less reputable long bus journeys too. They purposely swap you between several buses, and make everybody wait a few hours at a cafe out in the middle of nowhere to "swap buses". Almost forcing you to buy expensive sandwiches, water, coffee at their cafe out of sheer boredom. The cafe is literally a fridge, a few seats, out in the middle of the jungle! This can happen several times on one journey, sometimes the next bus is actually there already, but they still make everybody wait. Like as if they're waiting for the cafe at the next destination to open, or to be restocked. Then they tell you that you are getting dropped off out in the middle of nowhere at the end of the journey, instead of in the city center, and that you can get their minibus to your hotel. They try REALLY hard to get people to buy a ticket for the minibus before they get off the main bus. Everybody is generally tired, and restless after the 12 hour journey that they don't want to be stuck out in the middle of nowhere and so usually end up paying the extra €6 or so for the minibus. I was one of the only people who didn't take up their offer of the minibus, and they weren't happy about it. But I did finally cave when we got to the destination. We were dropped off out in the middle of nowhere. Pure scam. It's blatantly obvious that these guys are trying to squeeze as much money as possible out of everyone on the bus.

2:57 They really should learn how to park...

@6:39 Did the auto guy say "the restaurants are closed because its lunch time?" 😂😂😂😂

Seems like a lot of these guys never heard the phrase "don't talk to strangers." Because even as a tourist, I don't see myself going to some place with a stranger off the street - especially some shifty-looking dude who was just standing on the corner.

I guess only when you are an outsider in India or at least look like one, one can understand the pain that they go through. Glad that Karl understands Hindi - thats a big blessing so he wont be taken for a ride.

Me just walking peacefully in india HELLO MA FREIND I NEED U TOO BUY SUPA CHEAP PRICE SILK

6:08 "He has a camera!" Yeah, that's not a read flag, at ALL. Honest, hard working people. 🙄

4:31 that "mmm-hmmm" from the shopkeeper 😂😂😂😂

3:01 world class parking.

This guy knows Hindi better than me and I’m Indian xD

Just ignore them thats wht i do... not only foreigners but indians r scammed too..... They have no limits of scamming..so if someone comes to u like this,just say "i m fine by myself ,i dont need any help."

2:58 indians resprct for parking is less than the respect for a cow

Survival guide 😂 that’s a really good one

if they approach me and ask me where i'm from , i always say Moldova , They get really confused about it because they know nothing about Moldova, It works every time

6:38 lol he says the restaurants aren't open during lunch time?

5:35 how the fuck does he know what shops charge overseas? 🤣🤣🤣

Thank you, Pewdiepie for teaching us how to avoid scammers

“New Zealand and Australia! Oh sorta like India and Pakistan”😳 oh hell no

Plot twist he tries to scam us

I cant ignore your channel Carl, I must Subscribe. it's full of informational. Thanks for the showing these Scams, they do not fool only foreigner they do fool us as well. Thanks Again.

I kinda wanna see a vid where they try to talk to you in english, but you pretend you don't know that language either, and you just hit em with some random foreign words.

Restaurant that doesn't open for lunch? 🤔 That seems weird...

Why did his “Australia” actually sound like an Australian

1:13 he said Australia and New Zealand are rivals

It's sad you can't visit anywhere nowadays without someone wanting to harm you or do you dirty.. would love to visit other countries but I don't have the patience or skills to keep up with all the scammers.. great work Karl.. showing the dirty sides of places and how to not get scammed..

So basically if you travel to India Question everything and don't buy anything lol

These people even scam Indians also from different regions of India !!

I dont wont to " survive " in some country...I will just avoid those countries.

Not really a relaxing holiday, when constantly being hassled

I love how he puts the word “lie” in front of their mouths as if they were breathing out lies 😭😂

Easiest way to find a person to avoid: ASK THEM IF THEY ARE A FAN OF *SALMAN KHAN* If he/she says YES, then go miles away from that person...

Pro tip: stay away from people who are being too sweer

Mr Karl 👋👋..you are doing good work to educate foreign tourists n travellers about the scams ..

First talk in English. Then comes wild card "ja na lawdey"

Not only foreigners facing this kind of behavior but we Indians too. Last week I was in Chennai, South Indian part and faced the same thing, from the local Auto-rickshaw drivers. If a North Indian is visiting South India or East India he/she will face the same thing because the local frauds can easily recognize you from your language, dress etc.

Scammer: its lunch time and the restaurants wouldn't be open Karl: did u hear the words coming out of your mouth.

i dont think i would ever go to india but this was cool to watch and see the different cultures of india.

It's even useful for Indians too traveling to other states or cities !! Thank You Karl..... You really Rock!!

Being an India, it's shameful for me.... I am feeling sorry for that

I'm from this country India .. and you are doing a great work .. love it

Thank you so much for your concern and help.. brother..I will always take your guidance on my next trip

dont be a shy to say no ... thats all

4:40 best quality in the world , 😂

Your are an inspiration to many indians. Lots of love ❤️

India : Scamming foreigners Pakistan: Giving foreigners things for free No hard feelings India 😂

that survival guide must for any foreigner coming to india

Thank you sir. The first time I was in Delhi I got hit by a scammer 10 mins out of the flight and I am an Indian from Mumbai so I can imagine what foreigners like you have to endure. Great education with this video. I got scammed in bangkok once and actually fell prey as I was a foreigner there and I was too polite to leave. Ended up buying ruby stones for $1000 which I knew was overpriced but I was trapped. Its something one has to accept.

2:58 Pretty much sums up the way the entire country seems to operate.

Great Work Karl , This is real eye opener. Thanks for exposing and sharing the scam. God bless you friend

The best way to explore India and do shopping and all stuff you can do one best thing just make some Indian genuine friends they can help anyone with the best they can

He looks like PewDiePie's big brother.

Another thing that I noticed when I was India at these shops is that they intentionally make a huge mess when showing you everything so it's even worse when you say no lol

*this is a very well made guide to scammers in India. well done karl!*

If only this video was released a few month ago before, I would have known how to avoid it a bit (I didn't pay anything, just I lose 5 or 6 hours when I arrived in Delhi because scammers were trying to stop me to go into a cab or tuk-tuk, and bringing me again and again to different tourism office. For the full story, I landed at 6AM or something. I jumped into a cab that was supposed to bring me to my hotel. When we entered in Delhi, he simulated an engine failure and ask a tuk-tuk driver to bring me to my hotel After 2 or 3 minutes, we passed by a street where people (scammers I guess) stopped us and said that the neighbourhood was closed for tourist by the police because of some murders and I had to go to the tourism office to ask for help. So my Tuktuk driver brings me to one, that I thought was weird. Inside, I explained the situation and the guy proposed me to call my hotel but hide the phone when he was composing the number then give the phone where a guy told me "yeah the hotel is closed because of a situation". Then the man for the tourism office tells me that anyway, it was very hard to stay in Delhi for the next days because of a giant strike and that I just should leave for another city so he proposed me to buy some plane or train tickets and to book an accommodation. I told him that I wanted to think and to take a smoke, so I went outside with my big bag pack and just left because the situation felt weird to me. The TukTuk driver that brought me there began to follow me and to tell me to return to the shop, I said no and that I wanted to try to reach my hotel anyway to see what they will tell me but it didn't discourage him, he continues to follow me and when I was trying to ask another tuk-tuk driver he (I am supposing) was saying to them to not take me in their vehicle. After maybe 1 hour, he was still following me so I went into a Starbucks. I stayed one hour trying to figure out how to go to my hotel walking. When I left Starbucks, the guy was gone so I began to walk but with my bags almost immediately people knew that I was a tourist and around this place people wouldn't take me to my hotel but keep proposing to me to go to the tourism office. A guy (the first of maybe 5 or 6) offered his assistance and to show me the direction of my hotel, but after 10 minutes of walking, he told me that finally, he thought that it was better to go to the "real" tourism office to ask for help. (He brought me in the one that we can see in the video at 2:10). I was tired as fuck, so I thought maybe this one will try to help me and at least I will be able to rest for a while. I explained to the guy my situation and he called me hotel but this time, he told me that my hotel was open and that the other guy lied to me and that they can send someone to pick me up in 30 minutes. So I had some trust in him because of that (moderately but still). For the next 30 minutes, he began to show me hotels and trains and planes etc for prices that I thought were "suspicious", like €2000 for 2 weeks of train. As I didn't sleep for almost 24h, I just told him, yeah but not, I want to sleep on it and maybe later. After 30 minutes the "hotel" called again and told me that finally, they can be there in 1H, so he continued to sell me that stuff but I still declined politely each time. After another 30 minutes, the "hotel" called again to say one more hour. So I thought that "ok they are definitively trying to steal me" so I left. I went back the circular "place" where I saw earlier a lot of TukTuk. On my way I was approached by 5 or 6 men that wanted to "help" me, at this point, I was pretty mad, so my only reply was "fuck off". I looked for a ride, but no one wanted to pick me, so I finally decided to overpay a TukTuk to just bring me to my hotel and at two or three times the normal rate one did. I arrived at my hotel, everything was fine, I was able to check in etc. In other cities, I didn't have so much trouble, but New Delhi was a nightmare when they can see that you just arrived.

Hii I am from mumbai india... you done very good . our government have take strike action against people like disturbed or miss guide to tourist . watched this its really really sad... and being a indian i am giving you tip.. when you roaming in india don't ask to any tuk tuk driver or any shop keeper for any thing first try to google.. secondly ask directions regular people like families or some local person who is around you shopping ... AND one thing more that sardarji said ( 2:11) it to shop keeper in hindi that give him tea or coffee & breakfast first otherwise he will go... so be alert people like this also try to read there faces while talking you will judge they r right or wrong.... good job you ..... Regards SIDDHARTH KHANNA INDIA

I like the fact that many people are involved to make this scam work.

I like the one guy in the video in the beginning who just approaches to compliment his beard 😂😂

I'm proud Indiana 🇮🇳 But I would like to apologise to every foreigner scammed by these (not cheap but less educated & helpless) people 🙏।। I hope for safe and enjoying travel for everyone in India Coz "अतिथि देवो भव:" is our culture. Thanks karl for making it possible for foreigners 👍 Ram Ram Ji...

Im from South Africa and i visited India last year. There are alot of scammers in the big cities, but i stayed streetwise and felt much more safe in Bombay than in my own country. In South Africa they can openly rob you at knife or gunpoint. I realized the Indians wont steal or rob me. I got 'scammed' a few times out of a few dollars.. so what? All part of the adventure. Amazing place and wonderful people! The funniest scam was at Goa.. a guy approached me and started cleaning my ears with some stick.. he kept getting more and more gunk out my ears and i was shocked... and then demanded 2000 rupees for cleaning them. I gave him 200 and told him to clear off.. i later realized that he was standing behind me while digging in my ears and kept putting more gunk on his stick where i couldnt see!

I'm an Indian and everything I've learnt about scammers is mostly from you, kudos keep up and take care good sir

I live in India and your survival guide was of great help to me too...

Friend : let's go vacation to India Me : *NOPE*

This happens with Indians too when they visit Delhi. This phenomenon is rare in any other city in India. Delhi's weird.

We appreciate your work , you are doing what we are not able to do

They have changed the meaning of "My Friend" to " aa Tujhe Chutiya banau" means " let me fool you."

1:09 i was scared for a sec I thought the dog was dead

Pewdiepie, i see your fight against Tseries is going well

Bro love you❤️ And love the work you do❤️

India is not your go to destination if you’re looking for a clean, relaxing and enjoyable vacation. It’s scammer central. Provides insight into the Indian culture.

I'm not sure 'catfish' / 'catfishing' is the right word here. Perhaps it means different things in different parts of the world? I don't see any of them wanting to be in a relationship with you :P

I've been to 33 countries and I never had a desire to go to India. For what?

You are teaching me some real life survival lessons, thank you

this makes me appreciate that i don't have to explain myself if i dont wanna buy anything at a store in the US, or deal with the awkwardness of a salesperson getting visibly upset.

You look nothing like sultan😂😂 no offence

"the best silk in the world" that get's me triggered... idk why...

Thank you, being an Indian , I am learning a lot from your videos.

5:40 $3000 😂😂 how much will they lie like literally ₹ 2 lakh for a cloth