Lori
Lori in Rome 🇺🇸🇮🇹
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Going to Rome? 🇮🇹Do not fall for the tourist scams! 🇺🇸

Here is what tourists fall for
Two men dressed as Roman centurions in front of the Colosseum, one holding out his palm
The gladiator photo scam
A street seller pushing a single red rose toward you in a Roman piazza
The free rose scam
A stranger tying a string bracelet onto a tourist wrist on the Spanish Steps
The bracelet scam
A hand reaching into a backpack pocket on a crowded Rome bus
The bus 64 pickpocket
The glowing meter of a taxi on the motorway from the airport
The airport taxi scam
A basket of bread and a folded bill on a trattoria table
The bread you did not order
Two men dressed as Roman centurions in front of the Colosseum, one holding out his palm
The gladiator photo scam
A street seller pushing a single red rose toward you in a Roman piazza
The free rose scam
A stranger tying a string bracelet onto a tourist wrist on the Spanish Steps
The bracelet scam
A hand reaching into a backpack pocket on a crowded Rome bus
The bus 64 pickpocket
The glowing meter of a taxi on the motorway from the airport
The airport taxi scam
A basket of bread and a folded bill on a trattoria table
The bread you did not order

Those six are not the famous ones. There are dozens, and they are built so that you never notice.

Why you will not catch any of them:

How to Avoid 50 Rome Scams, from an American Who Is Still Here

I came for a two year nursing contract and I am still here, nine years later. My friends are Roman, and half of this list is what they taught me.

Lori holding the book on a street in Rome, the Colosseum behind

For every one of the fifty:

Know the scams before you land!

What you receive after your purchase
four files, directly by email
  1. The book cover on a cafe table in Rome The ebook. 50 scams, one page each, in the order you will meet them.
  2. The printed phrase card on a marble table The phrase card. One page to print. The exact sentences, spelled out the way they sound.
  3. The arrival card held at the airport The arrival card. One page, for the hour when you have no Italian SIM and no wifi. Every step from the plane to your door.
  4. The hand drawn map of Rome neighborhoods The locals map. Where Romans actually eat, drink and shop, neighborhood by neighborhood, and the streets to skip.
$12 once

Yours straight away, and yours to keep.

Checkout opens very soon.

Read it on your phone in the taxi line, or print it before you fly. No account, no password, nothing to install.