How to avoid the African bracelet scam
There’s a peculiar but annoying scam practised in Rome that provides a cheap African bracelet to the ‘victim’, and then intimidation into parting with money. Here’show locals avoid it.
There’s a peculiar but annoying scam practised in Rome that provides a cheap African bracelet to the ‘victim’, and then intimidation into parting with money. Here’show locals avoid it.
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