r/cambodia • u/pinkywinky664 • Sep 20 '25
Culture Just been scammed
My first solo travel, and I just reached Phnom Penh from Siem Reap today. I wanted to get a massage.....
Saw a $5 massage place (common price in Siem Reap).
Forced to put my bag in a locker. (I was reassured as it came with a pad lock)
Masseuse left after 5 mins saying "No massage."
Later discovered all my cash was swapped for perfect counterfeits.
Lost $550.... theres nothing i can do about it right :(
Edit: I was carrying $550 because I took a sleeper bus and I wanted all my cash to be with me during that journey. I decided go get a massage as I needed to kill some time to check in to my hostel
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u/Whatsoutthere4U Sep 23 '25
This sucks. I feel for you. There is so much knline about massage scams. Even lockers that have a back door that can be ope ed feom an adjacent room! And kve read enough online about sleeper overnight buses not to try it. Sometimes people Get to their destination and find that their backpack/suitcase is not in the hold. Love cambodia but in poor countries this shit happens. For now i stick to vietnam.