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Beggars and Cons: ROME- FAKE POLICEMEN and RESTAURANT RIP-OFFS!
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  • Written by joolzies on Jul 20, 2004
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  • When I was in Rome, my boyfriend and I were stopped by this man asking for directions. He also kept asking if we were American, which both of us thought was pretty strange after the incident. Anyway, this other guy walks up to us and flashes his "police badge" at us and asks if the guy is trying to sell us drugs. Later on, he asks to see our passports and money. Before I knew it, he had his hands on our money, but I stopped him from taking it from us. We suspect that they were cons working as a pair. A tip would be not to go walking about after 8pm in the summer as these people get more daring. Also, if you go and have pizza, always ask for the price first. This guy didn't even weigh the pizza and that tiny slice cost us 6 euros!

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