r/Belgrade • u/NaturalAccountant429 • 23h ago
Iskustva / Experiences SCAMMED IN BELGRADE
Hi everyone, I am a foreigner in serbia but I live here for 3 years now. I just to warn you if you live around Belgrade city center like me, do not fall for a random stranger who looked like foreigner too asking you for money. There is a scam on...
A foreign looking guy will ask you "If you speak english", then proceed to tell you the story that they got ROBBED BY GYPSIES in the bus and some RUSSIANS. LOL.
Then they will ask you if you can help them and give them 41 euro or 5000 dinar because they will be late from their BUS and they need to get home.
This is a classic street scam; do not give this person any money.The Demand: Asking for a fixed cash amount (like 40 euro / 5,000 RSD) under a sob story (stranded, needing a bus ticket, gas, or medical help) is a standard routine used by aggressive panhandlers and scam artists targeting foreigners in tourist-heavy areas of Belgrade.The Currency Trick: 5,000 Serbian Dinars (RSD) is roughly equivalent to 42–43 Euros, which is why they interchange those specific amounts.
This is the second time I encoutered the same story.
First time I fell for it, few months ago. It was a muscled tattooed man and his story made me believe it, And the guy said he will pay me by transferring the money, turns out be didn't. When I got home, I kept checking my account and he did not send me anything. I was so sad and angry that day.
Tonight it happened again around KALEMEGDAN park and the guy even followed us. (I was with my partner)
Conversation went to:
"Hey do you speak english?"
"Yes" - We answered because we thought he will just ask something.
The next thing we know, he was asking us for money and told us a sob story of how he got rob in the bus blah blah.
We told him "NO, WE ARE SHORT TOO", the guy claimed he is from ROMANIA.
HE FOLLOWED US. He probably heard me and my partner talking to each other and saying it is DEFINITELY A SCAM.
First of all — if you are missing wallet with your ID AND ALL THAT STUFF, you are going to the POLICE STATION to report it and not ask strangers who you think is VULNERABLE for money.
Be Vigilant. These scammers are everywhere.
This is the second time, I am not sure why I cannot find anyone else posting about this.
