Velvet Star Kiosk

Reports (42)

• overcharge (severity 1/5): What was advertised online looked nothing like the room we actually got.
• harassment (severity 5/5): Aggressive commission scheme — the guide steered us only to shops paying kickbacks.
• fake_reviews (severity 3/5): Fake police approached asking for ID and then a 'fine' paid in cash.
• fake_listing (severity 3/5): Felt genuinely unsafe here after dark; aggressive touts followed us for blocks.
• harassment (severity 4/5): Aggressive commission scheme — the guide steered us only to shops paying kickbacks.
• taxi_meter (severity 2/5): Spa quoted a low rate, then billed per-minute extras we never agreed to.
• taxi_meter (severity 4/5): They add a mystery 'service charge' that isn't posted anywhere on the menu.
• theft (severity 5/5): Quoted one price for the tour, charged another once we were already out at sea.
• other (severity 3/5): Room photos were of a different building entirely; total bait and switch.
• harassment (severity 2/5): Spa quoted a low rate, then billed per-minute extras we never agreed to.
• unsafe (severity 4/5): Fake police approached asking for ID and then a 'fine' paid in cash.
• unsafe (severity 4/5): The driver refused to use the meter and demanded a flat fare triple the normal rate.
• other (severity 3/5): Bracelet forced onto my wrist, then demanded payment for the 'free' gift.
• fake_listing (severity 4/5): Fake police approached asking for ID and then a 'fine' paid in cash.
• fake_reviews (severity 3/5): Signed up for one service, then got upsold into something completely different.
• fake_listing (severity 3/5): Advertised as authentic; sold mass-produced fakes at luxury prices.
• theft (severity 5/5): The ATM ate my card and the 'help desk' asked for my PIN. Obvious scam.
• fake_listing (severity 4/5): The glowing reviews are clearly fake — the reality is nothing like the photos.
• other (severity 1/5): Spa quoted a low rate, then billed per-minute extras we never agreed to.
• other (severity 3/5): Advertised as authentic; sold mass-produced fakes at luxury prices.
• unsafe (severity 4/5): They add a mystery 'service charge' that isn't posted anywhere on the menu.
• bait_switch (severity 5/5): Friendly at first, then locked the door and pressured us to buy a 'gift'.
• unsafe (severity 2/5): Signed up for one service, then got upsold into something completely different.
• other (severity 2/5): They doubled the price once the bill arrived — a classic tourist overcharge.
• fake_reviews (severity 4/5): The glowing reviews are clearly fake — the reality is nothing like the photos.
• other (severity 5/5): Aggressive commission scheme — the guide steered us only to shops paying kickbacks.
• bait_switch (severity 1/5): The listing address didn't even exist — pure fake booking, no refund offered.
• taxi_meter (severity 3/5): The listing address didn't even exist — pure fake booking, no refund offered.
• bait_switch (severity 4/5): Card skimmer suspected; my account was charged twice within the hour.
• fake_listing (severity 5/5): Room photos were of a different building entirely; total bait and switch.
• other (severity 3/5): Advertised as authentic; sold mass-produced fakes at luxury prices.
• overcharge (severity 3/5): They doubled the price once the bill arrived — a classic tourist overcharge.
• other (severity 1/5): Felt genuinely unsafe here after dark; aggressive touts followed us for blocks.
• fake_reviews (severity 3/5): Felt genuinely unsafe here after dark; aggressive touts followed us for blocks.
• taxi_meter (severity 3/5): Pickpocketed in the crush by the ticket counter — be extremely careful here.
• fake_reviews (severity 2/5): Friendly at first, then locked the door and pressured us to buy a 'gift'.
• fake_listing (severity 5/5): Advertised as authentic; sold mass-produced fakes at luxury prices.
• harassment (severity 5/5): Card skimmer suspected; my account was charged twice within the hour.
• other (severity 5/5): Pickpocketed in the crush by the ticket counter — be extremely careful here.
• overcharge (severity 4/5): The ATM ate my card and the 'help desk' asked for my PIN. Obvious scam.
• theft (severity 1/5): Currency-exchange sleight of hand — got short-changed and they denied it.
• harassment (severity 4/5): Currency-exchange sleight of hand — got short-changed and they denied it.