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British Tourist Swindled Into Paying £1,500 for Kebab on Popular Beach

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A brazen scammer allegedly charged a British tourist a staggering £1,500 for a kebab - and police near Copacabana beach, in Rio de Janeiro, said the man was arrested

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Police warn of criminals who are defrauding tourists on Brazilian beaches.

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A fraudster has been arrested in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, after selling an unsuspecting British tourist a kebab for almost £1,500 (around €1,700). The man, who allegedly manipulated a payment terminal with an accomplice, was detained on Copacabana Beach.

·Ljubljana, Slovenia
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A fraudster has been arrested in Rio de Janeiro after selling a kebab to a British tourist for almost £1,500.

·Belgrade, Serbia
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The Rio de Janeiro Police have arrested a man for trying to swindle a British tourist by selling him a 'churrasquinho', a very popular meat speck in Brazil, for 10,000 reais (1,700 euros). The arrested man offered this street food for a much lower price, but later changed the amount in the dataphone to multiply the profit by 100. The events occurred at number 5 of the Carioca beach of Copacabana, where the detainee, who responds to the acronym C…

·Spain
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A Brazilian, a fan of sea-side scams, falsified a payment terminal to overbill a British tourist a little too naive.

·Paris, France
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CNN Brasil broke the news in Brazil on Wednesday, April 15, 2026.
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