5. Art student
Number 5 on our list of scams con artists will use to trick you is called the art student. Regularly performed in big Chinese cities, the scam consists of a group of “students” who intercept foreign tourists and ask to speak with them, in order to improve their English. After a while, the conversation starts revolving around their studies and they reveal that they are, in fact, art students. It just so happens that they have an exhibition nearby and they would love if a foreigner would take a look at their art and give them their opinion. Once inside the gallery, usually in a shady part of the city, art turns out to be worthless junk. Students then coerce the victim into buying some of it for a largely inflated price. People usually buy it just to get out of the unpleasant and potentially dangerous situation.
