Scams to Avoid in London! - Featuring Joel & Lia

Hi! Today we're talking about scams you might come across if you come to London

On the whole, London's pretty safe, but just to be careful here are some scams to avoid.

Joining me today to talk about scams are Joel and Lia from the

very cool channel, funnily titled

Joel and Lia

so if you're looking for cool YouTube

channels to follow definitely go and see their videos because they're pretty cool

Yes we are cooler in real life

on a scale of 1 to 10

how cool would you say?

If 10 is cool, then 11

If 1 is cool, then 0

That's fair enough

You go into a coffee shop

You're sat down, you're with a friend

You're having a chat, your phones are out

someone comes in

and tries to sell you either a post card or flowers

or they try to sell you something

you'll be saying "No no no I don't want it

I don't want it, go away"

but when they leave you notice your phone's missing

What you didn't realise is that they put their paper, or the postcard, or the flowers

over your phone and they picked up when they left

yeah maybe you don't even notice until like way after they've gone

and then you go to look for your phone and it's not next to you

it's not like an immediate thing you notice

I think the rule is that you shouldn't put your phone on the table

if you don't want that to happen, you should just keep your phone in your pocket

I've stopped doing it

Also it's just a nicer dining experience

for whoever you're eating with your phone's not out

Because then you're sort of like "my attentions fully, I'm here, I'm in this room"

It's just good etiquette

it's just good etiquette

Being a good person

Be a good person

Just be nice, yeah!

Another popular scam which involves a lot more sneakiness

Which one?

So this is how it works

You're sat in a coffee shop working on your laptop

The person next to you, they ask "Can you watch my laptop, I'm going to the toilet?"

You're thinking "Wow they trust me, that's awesome!"

Then!

When they're in the toilet, someone else comes and takes their laptop

You run after that person and be heroic and try to stop it

you get the laptop back, that's fine

But while you're going to get that laptop back

a third person swoops in and takes YOUR laptop

it's kind of genius but it's really awful

That is awful!

- The person from loo pretends to NOT be in on it - But they're in on it as well!

And goes "Oh my god what!?"

They're like "thanks so much for saving mine! Sucks for you!"

They're relying on you not knowing the scam

but now you know!

Sometimes you'll see the shop on Oxford Street

There was one for years and it was like "Final days, closing soon!"

The perfumes and stuff?

The perfumes!

They look like branded perfumes, but they're not. They're shit!

All the tourists gather round and they think

because of the location that they're buying sort of Dior! Burberry!

all bring all these big brand names

and they're just buying like stuff that costs like one pound

If that

Yeah but for a lot of money and they made me think they've got a great deal

It's awful

Because you see other people in the crowd

and be like "Yeah I'll buy it! I'll pay £50!"

They're in on it!

Oh they pay fake performers!

yeah I knew some people

who worked, that was their job

to buy the thing

Go around the back of the shop

Give it back, give the money back, that was their job!

Can we talk about the rickshaws in London?

oh yeah

This is my biggest pet peeve

Not only are they annoying to look at to listen to

They're so loud

The leopard-skin seats

With the neon wheels.

Blaring out "Despacito"

I was just about to say!

They've been playing "Despacito" for like five months

Longer probably

Get over it, Rickshaws|!

Get over it!

It's Dua Lipa now!

Yeah it's all about Dua Lipa!

It's Camilla Cabello! So get with it!

Who's that?

Camilla Cabello

Who's Camilla?

What does she sing?

Havana!

They're not regulated, this is something you need to know

They're not regulated, so

Any price that they demand

Is what is.

Don't take a Rickshaw

And if you do, ask them how much is going to be an agree on that

because I think lots of them will say

If people ask, they'll say "No, no, just get in and I'll take you!"

They think it's not gonna be that much, or that it'll be free

which it won't be

so just make sure you're double-checking

and don't get on until they have told you what price it is

There was a report of someone spending like £250

They'll take you from sort of here to the end of this room for £8

£8-10

I hate them so much

Also it's not particular to London

I never understand

For example we've talked about M&M world in our video

it's not specific to London

Same with the rickshaws, it's nothing to do with London

So why would you, why would you do that?

If you're riding in a horse and carriage, maybe!

Which there aren't any in London

But that would be more like culturally like "Oh old London!"

But Rickshaws? Nothing

It's a scam. It is a scam

So there are some scams that you should be aware of whenever you visit London,

or if you have friends who are visiting London

Share this video with them, make sure they know what to avoid

and a special thanks to Joel and Lia!

If you want to see very cool videos about British culture, the English language

All things British and cool

you should go check out their videos because they're just very cool people

In fact we've just done another video which is talking about my favourite topic!

"Things that annoy Londoners"

Which is a lot of things!

You will not see me smile once!

at the beginning!

He did not have a fun time on this video

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