Travelling the world is an amazing adventure. But there’s an element of risk involved; be it after alighting from cheap flights to Charlotte or anywhere else. Not that everyone out there are trying to dupe you or rob you. But it’s always better to know beforehand; what their most common modus operandi are, especially if you’re in a different country.

Here is a list of common travel scams to make it easier for you to spot the danger signs and avoid any sticky situation.

• Bump and grab is the most common way of tricking travellers in a place teeming with people. Most commonly in metros, the purse is grabbed off just as the doors are closing.

• Sometimes, the thief smears something on your back. A well-wisher points that out and when you take out your back bag or camera to find out, the thief runs away with it.

• Beware of fake officials. They may be in full uniform and fine you for being in a wrong class/compartment or even ask for your documents to verify and return it only in exchange of money.

• Avoid overfriendliness from the locals after you have alighted from cheap flights to Atlanta from UK.

• Sometimes you pay with real currency. They’ll take it but will return it to you claiming it to be fake. Actually your real bill is exchanged with counterfeit money without you noticing it.

• Always use reputed banks’ ATMs to avoid card readers or stickers attached to the ATM from stealing your card information.

• The ring scam is most popular in the European countries, where a ring falls in front of you. Suddenly you are asked if it was yours. Then they keep on insisting you to buy it until you pay them some money to get rid of their nagging.

• Don’t respond& avoid being cheated; if someone suddenly approaches you with “I am the waiter who served you in your hotel” and take you to some damn cheap rides/sales. Actually they follow you for some time and know all your hotel & other details such as you had taken cheap flights to Cairns from London.

• The most common scam in south-east Asian countries is the notice ”It’s closed today” put up in a place of attraction. They will then take you to another place to earn a commission.

• Know & calculate the currency exchange rates of France, if you’ve taken cheap flights to Orleans. If you pay in a different currency and get back the change in the local currency, be sure to calculate it well.

• Don’t fall in for the most common taxi scam; where they rig the meter or take you through longer routes or to establishments (where they earn commissions) instead of your preferred one.

The best way to avoid being scammed is to be alert, to spread out your valuables, keep them in a zipped bag, never use travel pouches to keep money and do some research before travelling. These tips along with discounts will be provided by agents like White Magic Travels.