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Geneva, Switzerland
10 reported scam patterns travellers run into in Geneva, what they look like, and how to sidestep them.
Conference-season accommodation listings taking large deposits for properties that do not exist or are already let.
Pickpocketing around the main station and the lakeside promenade, and at conference-season crowds.
Dynamic currency conversion at card terminals and cash machines at poor rates, and exchange kiosks near the station applying undisclosed commissions.
Advance-fee employment offers referencing international organisations, requesting payment for processing that does not exist.
Unlicensed 'relocation agents' charging fees to arriving workers for housing searches that produce nothing.
Fake charity collectors and clipboard petitioners working the station forecourt and shopping streets.
Drivers taking extended routes from the airport where public transport is direct and free with a hotel card.
Lakeside and old-town restaurants applying undisclosed cover and service charges not shown on the menu.
Counterfeit watches and branded goods sold as genuine, with customs consequences for the buyer on departure.
Resold event tickets that are invalid or non-transferable.
