Prague 2026 SCAMS (Summary)

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  @Geker3 · 1 year ago

  As a former employee of a an exchange office in the city-centre of Prague I can tell you some tourists are so easy to fool. Many times a person changing money at my place didn&apos;t even know the name of our local currency. I could easily gave them Hungarian Forints for for value of Czech Crowns and they wouldn&apos;t even notice.<br>I remember one particular customer who wanted to change is USD to &quot;Czech Tolars.&quot;<br>Than one lady said to me she want to change USD to CZK and than she dropped bunch of coins of different currencies (mostly USD, CZK and EUR). So I had to first sort it out, than ask her again what she wants to change to what. Explain to her, as she was complaining about people not understanding her, the diference between CZK USD and EUR and tell her she really needs to use proper names for proper currencies. <br><br>So my advice as a former professional on money changing: before sou visit another country google what currency is used in there, google and learn it&apos;s proper name, google pictures of the money and download the pictures in to your phone to check if you&apos;re being given proper money when changing.

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• MA

  @markrichardson3685 · 1 year ago

  There is a scammer in the main train station. He&apos;s very tall, dresses dark and speaks very good English. He trolls for tourists looking at the boarding times and gates. The station is a bit chaotic, and the gates can change frequently as many intercity trains can be late (we were going to Vienna). If you ask him what he is doing there he will tell you he is a translator. He&apos;ll run around, get you a bit panicked and nervous, get you to follow him running to a gate... and tgen the scam kicks in. He grabs your luggage and runs it up the stairs for you, and then demands 20 Euro for carrying your luggage. We were in a tour group, he&apos;ll load up 8 to 10 pieces at once. He tried to grag mine and my wife&apos;s luggage, I had to wrestle it away from him, a real tug of war. Be careful engaging with charming, very helpful people in the intercity train station.

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• PE

  @peckofpickledpeppers · 1 year ago

  I&apos;m a visitor in Prague. The public transportation is free for people 65 and over. You don&apos;t need a ticket but you must be able to show your passport (verify your age) if stopped.

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• NE

  @newtypev2 · 1 year ago (edited)

  changing currency scam - i was at the charles bridge when someone asked me if i needed czk - just ignored him. <br>old town square prague ham - i tried one out of curiousity. it was explained to me that it was by weight so i asked for the smallest possible weight. it was okay, but nothing extraordinary.<br>transport inspectors - i experienced this. just showed them the validated ticket and went on my way. im actually more scared of the funicular-related stores so it&apos;s a good thing that it was down when i was there last november.

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• VS

  @VSDeluxe · 1 year ago

  Street food scam: the pork one they already did that when I went there a few years ago + they actually cut me exactly 100g off of the pork.

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• MA

  @mayerfallena7924 · 11 months ago

  You missed the most important! Tap water is charged in Prague, and expensive! All restaurants charge for tap water in Prague. First I thought it was a scam, but then I ask and is a regular thing. Thanks for shearing!

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• JA

  @janspl · 1 year ago

  You dont need cash in Prague. Cards work fine. Most places accept cards.

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• DE

  @deancain9387 · 1 year ago

  I have been to Prague several times over the years and only had a problem one time the first time i went i was not sure where my hotel was so I took a taxi and got over charged but it was 15 years ago. we just visited this year again and had no problems and a fantastic visit

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• JO

  @johnh7718 · 1 year ago

  I&apos;ve made a practice of researching scams before trips. It&apos;s interesting how frequently I&apos;ve encountered them. Paris,Istanbul and twice in Rome (one we decided to just allow, as it was 10 euro and I enjoyed the conversation). Thanks for the information!

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• DI

  @DietwinvonLengenfeld · 1 year ago

  My first visit to Prague was on 1996 and we were warned about fraudulous taxis before.

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• CH

  @christiank1251 · 1 year ago

  Useful, beautiful, wonderful. The way video reporting should be done. Thanks a lot!

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• RI

  @RishyRoller · 1 year ago

  Very much looking forward to our first trip to Prague next week, we’ve booked the Prague castle tour and old town/jewish quarter with you guys too

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