The EXACT same thing happened to me at Garde du Nord on the 25th May 2006!!!
I was approached by an Indian male, early thirties, moustache, short hair and sporting a black eye from a previous fight, wearing leather, and showing me a Metro identification. He helped me buy a ticket (5 day pass) and it turned out to be a single trip ticket!
He put money into the machine, and purchased the ticket before I could stop him... it was all so fast! I ended up being scammed out of fifty euros on a ticket that cost 1.50 Euro!!
How could I fall for this? I was tired, mixed up on directions, looking for a ticket office, and not thinking straight. It’s only afterwards, it dawned on me what just had happened. I was hoping to bump into him again so I could take a picture and name and shame him online! Watch out for Ticket assistance at Garde du Nord!!!!
I went to the police, who could hardly speak English! They could do nothing, and merely said there were announcements about this. I never heard any in English! So watch out folks!!!
Remember:
* Single day tickets are PURPLE.
* 5 Day passes that you can use on the bus, tram and metro are White and Orange with a Silver metallic Strip on the top!
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