Poipet Cambodia Border Police "100 Baht Or Stay Overnight Scam"
The "100 baht or stay overnight scam" is the scam where they tell you that their is a fee of 100 baht that needs to be paid before you can get your departure stamp on your passport (when exiting Cambodia). If you do not pay it, then you will need to stay overnight in Cambodia. Ofcourse, this is not true. There is no fee. They are just making this up. The whole "stay overnight" thing is just a way to get you to surrender and give them the 100 baht.
Does anyone have a solution for dealing with this?
I would like to hear from other foreigners who have faced this scam and successfully received his or her departure stamp and not paid the fee. Please do not copy and paste your answer from the internet. I want to hear from people who have faced the "100 baht or stay overnight scam".
Posting replies that go on and on about avoiding pick pocketers and on and on about avoiding the how to avoid the scam bus and the fake Cambodia visa offices located near the border will not help me. Also, posting replies going on and on about how you never experience this problem and it only happens to me is not going to help either. Please read the question and stay on topic. My question is very specific. I am looking for a solution to dealing with the "100 baht or stay overnight scam".
Lastly, telling me to "ask for a receipt" is not a solution. It does not work. Not saying it hasn't worked for some in the past, but it didn't work for me on this particular incident.
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