The point I’m making is that scammers are still people, often poor (though not always I know) many come from generations of scammers that have spent their lives making a living from scamming. It’s all they know, now i’m not saying it’s an excuse making it any more acceptable but the reality is scams happen and particularly in Asian countries they can happen quite often.

Of course I would rather spend my few dollars on something worth while and I know all about tight budgeting I live off a crap ESL teaching salary scraping every penny. But for me there is really no point dwelling on it if I put it in perspective in the grand scheme of world injustices scamming is pretty low on the list.

Being scammed is a big deal. It’s disrespectful and, worst of all, it can erode our trust and goodwill towards a whole group of people. I hate that feeling – It’s unfair to the vast majority of genuine people we meet out there.

And that extra few bucks could have gone to someone deserving.
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Haven’t been in Thailand yet (even though have heard about the scam), but I did see the Paris bracelet scam in Sacre Coeur, I had to dodge a lot of them coming to me. I was having fun though, taking a lot of pictures of scammers in action, hoping someday I would write about them.
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