Arrival Brief

Global scam map · tourist scripts & arrival friction · coverage expanding weekly

Select a city — or a script — and see what runs where
Cities mapped

42

42 full briefs live · new weekly

Scam scripts

18

core playbook complete · documented & countered

Arrival guides

42

gate to a legitimate ride, in order

Highest-risk window

30min

after landing · decide the ride before you fly

Inbound cities

42 mapped · 42 briefs live MONITORING 42 CITIES · 18 SCRIPTS INDEXED
Rome Barcelona Paris Lisbon Bangkok Istanbul Prague Naples Amsterdam Mexico City Madrid Venice Delhi Cairo Marrakech Athens London Tokyo Bali Buenos Aires Vienna Budapest New York Rio de Janeiro Hanoi Cape Town Zanzibar Berlin Milan Cartagena Ho Chi Minh City Kuala Lumpur Lima Dubai Seville Nairobi Medellín Bogotá Cali Santa Marta Panama City San José
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SELECT A CITY OR A SCRIPT · MARKERS COLORED BY SCAM PRESSURE

Use the brief

01Before you goRead your city's brief — zones, scripts, taxi facts. 02When you landAirport guides: gate to a legitimate ride, in order. 03Learn the scriptsThe same scams run everywhere — recognize them once. 04If something happensStep-by-step recovery: cards, police report, passport.

How Arrival Brief works

Every brief describes patterns that are widely and consistently reported by travelers, local police advisories, and official tourism bodies — written calmly, dated visibly, and updated when things change. We tell you what the problem looks like, how likely you are to meet it, and what the boring, effective countermove is. More about our method →