Malaysia - 5 Mistakes & Scams to Avoid! 

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Great info to know! I haven't been a victim of any of those scams during my visits to Malaysia so far, and now I'll make sure it never happens. Thanks for the heads up! I like the new style of this video with the music in between your mentions about each scam. Nice touch.

Wow Ben, you have short clips+music now in between your points 😂😂 Keep it rolling 💪🏽💪🏽

I liked your new intro! 🙌Thanks for the tips as well, have to keep them in mind on my next journey there! It has been quite a while, I don't remember this in KL 20 years ago, sounds like India to my ears in fact...

Ben, for food, once you include mutton/lamb, it will be expensive. And once you include prawns or crabs, the food will be very expensive. So, if you want to include even one piece of any of those, you should ask how much each of those cost. (Meaning that it is not really a scam but they will suggest it to you, and for me normally I would politely decline, and usually that is that.)

A very well-produced and informative video! Thanks Ben! 😊

Hmm... come to think of it, locals have also fallen prey to "make up prices" at some mamak outlets, but most of us don't think much of it- just never step foot in there again- there are lots of better options, and never a good idea to get involved with and delay the unstoppable Karma that belongs to these scammers.

Tq for the tips. I'm a local but from outside Kuala Lumpur also getting these scammers

Scam 2, happened to locals too, usually these places are ran by foreigners, and this is another reason I rarely frequent these places. Scam 3, your comment is spot on.

GRAB was god sent. Even for Malaysian, we dread local taxis in KL. They don't really scam locals but they will refuse certain routes which doesn't suite them, or request certain sum without the meter.

Thanks!

You have a niche, malaysia is rarely covered, do some of the beach and hill resorts, go to sarawak, industries like the startup/digital

Ah finally, Gurney Bay! :) Head to the more rural Balik Pulau next.

Now, this is exactly what many failed to bring out to attention. Great that you did. Firstly, foreigners mostly didn't realize, out of excitement in experiencing cheap prices over here, they're transferring increasing burden on locals when they spoiling the market by readily accepting every price charged by the sellers. That's one of the reasons prices went on unreasonable hikes. And those asking for money for lunch or any other reason, never entertain. If they're really hungry, still, just give something to eat but never money. I came across one. Gave a packet of biscuits, he rejected. It's a proof that he's not really what he claimed to be. Otherwise I'd given him a ringgit. Good tip for the foreigner especially. Don't throw out money easily, it'd make not just you but everyone else vulnerable. It's not just in Malaysia, it should be applicable everywhere you go. Sometimes, those who did scams might not even be locals but illegal immigrants.

Most of us locals don't use taxis anymore. Just call Grab, fixed price, there's a position tracker and safer. Mamak, banana leaf, nasi kandar, fish head curry, these are notorious for cheating. You can easily get swindled if you take lamb shank, tiger prawn, crab, of course avoid these if you don't want to be overcharged. Those beggars are run by syndicates and are mostly Rohingya, Bangladeshis who overstay illegally. Too many illegal migrants these days.

Good content

Being a local, I am amazed with your experience with scammers. They are not really bad when they know you are not local.

Go to Sarawak, KL to Miri return ticket less than a hundred dollar, hotels are cheap too, or go to Kuching, from Kuching you can go over to Pontianak Indonesia round trip cost you for less than a hundred a 8 hour trip by bus

I have a few stories about scams in Malaysia. One guy convinced me he was a security guard at the new apartment complex I had just moved into. He said his motorcycle broke and gave me a very specific number of ringgits. Not wanting a security guard where I lived to be salty, I gave it to him. I then asked the head security at my complex whether that "guard" was working as he promised to pay me back. The head guard who happened to be a bad ass Gurka, looked at me with pity and explained I'd been scammed. Live and learn.

Agreed.☺️

Once you arrived at the Airport always go to the official rental car counters not straight going outside because those taxi and private transport may charge you higher later. If buy the ticket at the counter the driver can't charge different already. For food you if go for mamak shop etc go nasi kandar or mixed rice than choose the veg, meat, etc NOT choosing those veg, meat etc without the rice meaning its not a nasi kandar or mix rice already so they will charge high for those veg, meat, fish, etc...

Ben, if mamak shop over charge too expensive at counter. Tell them, bro ini maha lah, this hotel price lor, don't malu malu. He will reduce price immediately lah. never give money to homeless, most illegal lah. indianman following you, learn local words.."chow chow mampus kau!!!" or tell him fly kite. haha.

These people who use children to do their begging are awful. Some tourists see only the cute little children and think it's ok to buy from them. This just keeps the problem going. We've seen this in many countries from Mexico to Indonesia and even eastern Europe. The movie Slumdog Millionaires should awaken tourists to this problem.

Once I rented a car in Sabah as me and my friend wanted to drive from KK to Kundasang for 1 week. Reached out to a random guy online, made me transfer deposit and car rental separately twice through bank transfer. The guy insisted me to pay the third time because he miss calculated the extra days of my booking. I got scammed for the first time in Sabah even if im a local 😅

In KL go to the big Mall and the best is at the Plaza Low Yat Mall in Bukit bintang where the hundreds of IT outlets is

Nice place 😃

I hope you didn't fall prey to any of the vehicle rental scams you mentioned here in Malaysia. If you do, go straight to the police station, and they'll be more apprehensive to pull a fast one on you. In Malaysia, you're usually in safe hands if you go to the ones with good review ratings.😅

BTW, I dont think I ever been scammed/overcharged in a Chinese or a Malay restaurant before. Almost all the time I was over charged was in Mamak shops because despite gov ruling to display prices and they dont and they get away with it. Eg:- They will state the price of squid/sotong as RM$5 - $50 in the price display board....so they can make up any figure in that range and technically be legally compliant.

Normally, rice at mamak store, nasi kandar, banana leaf rice etc. are expensive. Chinese mixed rice is actually cheaper comparatively, but it will always be a good idea to bring along a local Chinese friend to go with you because the calculation of the price of the mixed rice is very subjective as well.

Hi Bro 👋 .

Bro since you love Nasi Kandar go try Nasi Kandar Rafee, it is 1 of the best, also Nasi Kandar Tajudeen Hussein 👍.

There is a taxi kiosk near the drugstore in terminal one. I asked them for a taxi to my hotel and it was very reasonable. The guy actually gave me his business card and he drove me all around the city basically giving me a tour and he only charged me about $60 USD He was a great guy and I will definitely have him drive me next time I come to KL

I hope you don't rent a motorbike in Malaysia. It's just not safe. Just looking at the statistics, the fatality rates for motorbikes is horrifying. I think Malaysia has one of the highest fatality rates in the world for road accidents and a large part of it includes motorbikes. I suggest to rent a small car instead, it's just slightly more expensive.

All those issues can prevented if you don't fall into dirt cheap things... As simple as that... Knock off shop definitely will sell a knock off items. About the beggars aka street sellers, i guarantee you that most of them are not locals. Probably a migrants, refugee or illegal immigrants.

At Penang airport I took the illegal rides which were cheaper than the licensed ones and usually from family man doing part time after work and luxury cars like beemers, never unpleasant experience.

Just to let you know that the beggars are not locals... Bangladeshi and Rohingya looks like locals Indian while Indonesian looks like Malays... ❤🇲🇾

I always eat at mamak and i know roughly how much itll cost...and price defers from one place to another...if its closer to higher end places itll cost more...some of the dishes u should know that cost so much is squid, prawns, crabs, and lamb...the rest will still be affordable...for 1 single plate with drinks itll cost around myr15 to myr20 on average On the side note: mamak is not a cheap place to eat...its considered medium end...if u want cheap meal go to suburb area food stalls or any food stall or kiosk on the side of the road...

Here's another scam. If you order more than one crab, count the body parts and especially the claws once they're served up.

There are beggars on Jalan Alor who just happened to all be from Palestine.

Hello Ben where is that beautiful seaside you're walking? Anyway, I have seen one scam I couldn't figured out the purpose behind it in Kuala Lumpur. A lady with a child, sometimes alone begging tourist and I have seen it both live and in RU-vid video as well. When the person she's begging try to give some money, she would say, Oh I don't want money, but I want to you to buy me a food, then she takes them to one of those vendors selling food. I wonder, whether there's someone kind of relationship with that particular vendor and they share the money. Imagine if she gets 30 people a day to buy a food for her. She dresses like a Muslim, but she's definitely not local, either she Eastern European Gypsy or Syrian/Iraqi Gypsy

Dude, you're getting into overposting. take time for a proper editing/sound quality/video idea gathering and then post. You dont have to post everyday, well still be here. just a tip

go sarawak ben, i think sarawak more dragon ball to get it

Have you been scammed in Malaysia? Have you reported this to the police? Are you just making assumptions to service selling yr vedios?

You mean, my $85 iPad may not be real?😂

Election promises!

Try picking up some basic malay words ...then u won't get scammed too much 😂

😂 *SCAMMED!* 😂

​You are in Penang Island now which is famous for Chinese food (this is because Penang island is a Chinese majority island) but I never heard you mention anything about them - Only Nasi Kandar and Nasi Lemak (a very big elephant in the room, I must say). Try it but if you hate Chinese food then nevermind. Why is it that any knock offs have to be from China? Does China have the monopoly on knock offs? If they do, then hats off to China for at least giving certain people the affordability to buy what they want albeit at lower quality. Anyway, China is now a world class technology country, those knockoffs are fast becoming a thing in the past. China is now famous for electric vehicles (EV), smartphones, 5G, drones (DJI), semiconductors, infrastructure building (BRI), wind turbines, solar panels, largest high speed bullet train network (42K km in China), satellite networks, space station and the list goes on. FYI, As of June 2024, China has invested RM1.8 billion in Penang, with RM1,799.6 million approved in 2023. China is a major source of foreign direct investment (FDI) for Malaysia and its largest trading partner and these have created many jobs in our country. Cheers.

I disagree with the above title, it happens but not common, Mostly because of your greed and ignorant. 1. There is always a taxi counter at the airport where prices are fixed. If you are a frequent traveler, you should know. With smartphone, which city do not offer Grab or Uber. Debunk! 2. Food in mamak is just expensive, if you choose expensive dish. You should recognise this expensive food and always ask for the price. The standard price would be chicken, beef or normal fish. Even Malaysian get the high prices because of being too adventurous. Standard menu has fix prices. Fair comment. 3. Begging is not allowed in Malaysia. Malaysian just ignore all these beggers. These are the government job to clean up. If you ignore all these, you are safe. Being friendly does not help. You are guilty of acknowledging them. Your problem. 4. It is known everywhere there are fake electronics on the street. Just buy anything in a decent shopping mall, most of it, is genuine and comes with warranty. It is your ignorant and your greed that you felt for it. 5. Rental is not too common here compared to Thailand. For what we know, we damage a lot of electric scooters without paying for it. Previously, were bicycles. Rare comment. Malaysia has less scams compare to other countries. I have not heard of any bar or pub scams which is so common in other countries. In other countries, the hostess is local, in Malaysia is all foreigners, foreigners will try their best to avoid troubles.