Avoid These 7 Scams in Morocco | Morocco Travel 2023

im living here in morocco for almost 30 years and in my experience, there are two types of mentality here, one helps foreigners and the other make foreigners as a milking cow. they see foreigners as a walking cash.

This is part of the fun. But only if you have the confidence to back these FOckers down. We got good at this in Angola & Naija...but one of by Limey buds would sometimes scare the FFF out of us by going into Overdrive on Cops asking for a few Kwanza just to get someting to eat. Luckily, they never realized their authority to stick it to us....usually @ 3am.

As a moroccan i advice touristes to take pictures of scammers and post them .. what a shame .. Marrakech and fez need to be cleaned

You should say noooo and tell them i ll call the police .. as a moroccan Marrakech and fez unfortunately are full of scammer but they ve no power if u know how to deal with them.. sorry for that .. anyway wherever u go u meet bad and good people …i got scammed in mexico and i was afraid that i couldn’t open my mouth… at least in morocco they re scared as soon as u mention the police

May be a good trick would be to always say "No thanks, I live here, I know the city". And if he asks where do you live, what do you do etc, you just give him a short answer to make him lose interest. For instance, I would say that I help police to work on some international cases. Another good idea is to ask them for money, because you allegedly lost yours and now need help. These things would make them simply vanish.

Really well made video! We are going to Morocco in our car from the UK now and are literally going to ignore everyone.

هاد ولاد لقح ا ب مشوهين بلادنا

First of all, thank you for sharing that with us. In fact, I totally agree with you. I'm originally from Morocco and I might tell you that even local tourists suffer from these people, i.e., bum ones. Sorry for saying that!!!!. In addition, have you ever heard that in Islam this kind of behaviors is forbidden???? As the matter of fact, those you got scammed by are definitely guilty and sinners before the Lord. Hence, actually those people don't obey the rules of our religion. Shame on them! On the other hand, thank God as abovesaid there are sill people who are real muslims and who follow and comply with the rules. For instance: treating and being nice to the foreigners and guests, no to spoil and trick on them as a way of cheating, because in accordance with our Sharia Law (Islamic Law), these acts are forbidden. IMHO, unfortunately, these guys do all their best to ride the gravy train. regardless of their faith.
This is set, by this time and on behalf of all Morrocans, I mean good ones, I apologize to you brother and I feel really sorry for your bad experience. Anyway, from now on stay tuned and watch out for it

$5.00 for a usb c cable is not a rip off

You thought $3 for a wire was a rip off? Your not in China broo

The scams are so bad here in Morocco that we have a kind of anxiety when going to another city especially when dealing with taxis. It has really made us dislike Morocco. We will just get a rental car next time and use tour guides, would not recommend Morocco for budget, new travellers who are not travel tough.

Please remember: Poor farmers and artisans were hit hard during COVID19 Pandemic 2 year shutdown. When going to open markets anywhere travel with a guide trusted buddy & a map. Women never travel alone; travel in groups or with chaperones.
Wear sunglasses to avoid eye contact if necessary.

Thank you for the further nice video. I see it a little bid different than other writers. When I visit as a European a country like Morocco it is no problem for me to pay a little surplus when the people are friendly. I guess for the local it is not easy to survive and for me it is okay when they make with the „rich“ tourist a little higher profit. But of course I don’t want today a multiple price than locals.

Such an accurate recap of my experience there. Did you have any issues recording there? Could they see the camera or care?

You are the worst kind of tourist, your click bait title proves it.

Absolutely another spectacular beautiful shooting adventures filming edition captured and you doing an excellent great job, gorgeous updated resume and the settings presentation looks super awesome super amazing and super cool, keep it up Sir and take care of yourself over there, appreciation and a big fat thanks from MTL CDN ..

I was waiting for this video when I first saw that you traveled to Morocco. Muslim countries are very racist towards Asians.

ما في احد في الجروب ولا شي انا عندي ❤️🇲🇦

Your so dumb the currency is not the same نسنطنطن

Not in all big cities, mainly just Marrakesh and this started happening relatively recently, to a lesser extent in fez as well, must remember morocco is quite big and it has 16 regions the size of countries, with different mentalities and cultures and ethnicities, so you will not have the same experience in all regions..for example i am certain you wouldn't face these problems in Tangier.

It must have been a strange experience for you, being a Japanese. I think there is nothing like that in Japan, maybe once in a while, but not so many times in one day at one market.

It's not only in Morocco where these "tourist scamms" happen. Africa, South America, Europe, the USA, and Asia, all over the world. Check the taxi fare with your accommodation and ask guidance for shopping. Honestly, souvenir shopping is the best scamming opportunity. Bargain. That's the custom in many tourism dependent places. Say also NO to things you don't need.

Welcome to morocco 🇲🇦❤️

That's what poverty does....you end up in an informal economy with no regulations to fix prices. Hopefully Japan can help the government create better education, so that people can start real businesses and become entrepreneurs instead of begging for money through these "scams". This problem is not just targetted at tourists, but locals have to deal with it as well, especially haggling.

sounds more like "Avoid Morocco". Let those people in their country deal with their poop

Thanks

These are all good tips, very helpful if I go to Morocco.....and you are so friendly Wes, who would want to scam you?🤣🤔✊🏻

Thanks for the insights. It is frustrating to see and be in a place where irresponsible people take advantage of tourists.

I only have one way to avoid scams when I travel; I don’t speak or make eye contact with anyone on the streets. 😂

The more tourists get to know these scams the more (i hope) the scams will eventually stop.

色々な国から情報を発信してくれて、ありがとうございます。英語が使えて すごいですね😊

First amazing video as usual 👌 second how someone can contact you 🤔

I guess there are so much tourist traps around the world. I like your suggestions Wes.

nice to meet you. total beathtaking edition!ciao,