43 People Share Unfortunate Travel Mistakes We Can All Learn From

This is apparently an old scam that was really popular in the 1990s but began to become a bit less effective as digital media increased and spread the word about it. There’s also a considerably more aggressive version of it, where the ladder is knocked over instead of just shaken.

Yikes. These are the kind of people who ruin a decent society, and folk are just trying to be good Samaritans. There is always a risk for kindness, but it’s important to maintain humanity while still being careful and mindful of your stuff and your surroundings.