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Montreal, Canada
10 reported scam patterns travellers run into in Montreal, what they look like, and how to sidestep them.
Rental listings demanding deposits before viewing for properties that do not exist, spiking at the July lease-turnover period.
Advance-fee employment and work-permit offers aimed at arriving students and workers.
Fake charity collectors with tablets working the main shopping street and metro entrances.
Dynamic currency conversion at card terminals and independent cash machines at poor rates.
Counterfeit branded goods sold at street stalls and markets as genuine.
Unlicensed guides in the old town charging for commentary on public streets.
Resold festival and event tickets sold outside venues that are counterfeit or already used.
Restaurants applying automatic gratuity plus separate service charges, with tipping prompted again on the total.
Drivers taking extended routes from the airport and applying surcharges that do not apply.
Pickpocketing in the old town and on metro lines during festival season crowds.
