Fake monk scam - monks targeting westerners and tourists begging for money are on the rise in Hong Kong. After being approached a couple of times we decided to start filming. The majority of these fake monks are from mainland China and they are illegally working (scamming people) on their tourist visas. Some are claiming to be from a religious group seeking donations for a new temple. This is a scam and the Hong Kong Buddhist Association advises genuine monks are not allowed to beg in Hong Kong (people who want to donate should send cheques to registered organisations). There have been some arrests in recent months but the problem is ongoing and people continue to get scammed. Admittedly, 3:00-3:45 was extremely awkward, we weren't expecting them to come up to us again as it had already happened off camera. The first time, when I said no thank you, they forced a bracelet onto my wrist, demanded money and then when we continued to say no thank you and handed back the bracelet they pretended to curse us! There were at least 5 of these monks in the one location so we made this video to inform other people of the scam and although we made an 11min video we did only follow the fake monks for 5-10mins and we stopped a couple of people from being scammed. We mention at the end that this is obviously how they make their money and we didn't want to get in the way of that so we left them to it and we just wanted to make this video to inform other people so that they may avoid being scammed. This scam happens all over the world, not just in Hong Kong. Thanks for watching and subscribe for more travel tips and travel videos.
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